Here is some more information the best way to get to the Costa del Sol from the UK and Ireland. We hope you find it useful if you are thinking of renting our lovely beach and golf apartment in Puerto de la Duquesa, near Estepona for your holiday. Information on flying from other Northern European countries is covered on this webpage
Please note we try to keep this page up to date but the airlines are always adding new routes and airports so some research could be well worth while. Note also that some routes are seasonal and some airlines have great special offers if you ask. There are so many UK airports and airlines that I also have a webpage ordered by UK airport. If you are interested in our apartment, please send us an email.
Costa del Sol Airports
Malaga is the main airport for the Costa del Sol but there are also flights available to Jerez and Gibraltar. Malaga is 2 to 2:30 hours flying time from most of the UK. This is a good link here for information specifically about Malaga airport or try this one on the Easyjet site. If you are renting with us, we can arrange for a taxi to pick you up from the airport and take you to Puerto de la Duquesa for around 80 Euro one way.The Andalucia website has some information on Jerez airport.
This website has some information on Gibraltar airport. This is around 25 minutes from Puerto de la Duquesa and taxis are available.
Flights from UK
First Choice aka Air2000 the charter airline sells flights only as well as part of packages. It has flights to Malaga from Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Gatwick, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham East Midlands and Stansted. Phone 0870 850 3999.
Air Berlin is a German budget airline that flies direct from Stansted to Malaga. Phone 0870 738 8880.
Air Scotland is Scotland's answer to Ryanair. It has flights to Malaga from Edinburgh. Phone 0141 848 4990 or 0131 344 3967.
Avro is a chartered airline that flies from Birmingham, Bristol, Gatwick, Glasgow and Manchester to Malaga. Phone 0870 458 2841.
bmibaby is the economy offshoot of British Midlands. I flew with them recently and enjoyed the flight. They have online seat assignments and snacks and drinks for a reasonable price on board. It has flights to Malaga from Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Nottingham East Midlands and Durham/Teeside. Phone 0870 2642229.
British Airways, the national flag carrier uses their subsidiary GB Airways to fly to Malaga from Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester and to Gibraltar from Gatwick. Phone 0870 8509850.
Easyjet the economy airline flies from Belfast, Bristol, Liverpool, Nottingham East Midlands and Newcastle as well as Stansted, Gatwick and Luton to Malaga. Phone 0870 600000.
Excelairways says it is a low cost holiday airline with all the frills, leather seats, hot food and in flight entertainment. It has flights to Malaga from Birmingham, Gatwick, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle. Phone 08709 989898.
flybe (British European) has flights to Malaga from Birmingham, Exeter, Norwich and Southampton. Phone 08705 676676.
Globespan the other Scottish economy airline has flights to Malaga from Edinburgh and Glasgow. Phone 08705 561 522.
Iberia the Spanish flag carrier flies direct to Malaga from Heathrow and Gatwick. Phone 0845 6012854.
Jet2 has flights to Malaga from Leeds Bradford. Phone 0870 7378282.
MyTravelLite has flights to Malaga from Birmingham. Just be aware that this company is currently having some financial problems and scheduled flights are not covered by their bond so do ensure that you have adequate travel insurance. Phone 08701 564564.
Monarch Airlines the charter airline does scheduled flights to Malaga from Gatwick, Luton and Manchester and from Luton and Manchester to Gibraltar as well as chartered flights from Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackpool, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Glasgow, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester and Newquay to Malaga. Phone 08700 405040.
Palmair is a small Bournemouth based airline. Phone 01202 200700.
Ryanair is the original economy airline. Sign up for email notifications of great value last minute offers. Get to the airport early to get one of the first 65 boarding cards and get on the plane first. Bring your own food. It flies from London Stansted to Jerez de la Frontera. Phone 0871 2460000.
Thomson sells flights only. It is very good for regional flights. It has flights to Malaga from Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Humberside, Leeds/Bradford, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham East Midlands, Norwich and Stansted. Phone 0800 000 747.
Thomson now flies to Malaga direct from Coventry airport. Phone 0870 1900 737.
Charter Flight Consolidators
Charter Flights Phone 020 7854 8434
Avro Phone 0870 458 2841
Flight Line Phone 0800 036 0777
VillaServers Phone +34 965 744 096
Flights from Ireland
Flying time from direct from Ireland to Malaga is around 3 hours.Aer Lingus the national flag carrier gives seat assignments and snacks. It flies direct from Dublin and Cork to Malaga. Phone 0818 365000.
Cityjet code shares with Air France so check their prices too before booking. They fly direct from Dublin to Malaga. Phone 01 870 0100.
Easyjet the economy airline flies from Belfast to Malaga. Phone 0870 600000.
Ryanair is the original economy airline. Sign up for email notifications of great value last minute offers. Get to the airport early to get one of the first 65 boarding cards and get on the plane first. It flies direct from Dublin to Malaga. Phone 0818 303030.
Spanair has charter flights to Malaga from Dublin. +34 902 92 91 91.
Michael Stein Travel has charter flights to Malaga from Dublin, Cork and Knock. All flights are with Spanair. Watch the papers for special offers. Phone 1890 408 408.
Budget Air is now doing flights to Malaga from Dublin. Phone 01 611 4777.
Thomson has flights to Malaga from Belfast. Phone 0800 000747.
Flight comparison websites
The following websites offer flight searches and comparisons, always worth a look if you're flexible.
Travel Supermarket searches for the lowest flight fares from hundreds of websites for the UK and Dublin.
Skyscanner the search engine for cheap flights.
Travel Jungle searches for the lowest flight fares from the UK.
Open Jet searches high quality low fare airlines including Easyjet, MytravelLite and BMIbaby.
Expedia searches the larger airlines and can come up with some unusual airline combinations.
Travelocity is much the same.Travel Information
What's the weather like? Check with the BBC weather.
Essential Travel information for Spain from the Guardian.
Parking4less has information on cheap parking in UK airports.More Information
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