Southampton Airport
How many cities can be reached directly from Southampton Airport? 15? Perhaps 20? In fact, 46 and rising! And 14 airlines and tour operators serve these destinations, including Flybe, Air France, Inghams, Eastern Airways, Aer Arran, Thompsonfly.com, Thomson Holidays and Crystal Holidays.
From Southampton Airport, you can fly to the UK cities of Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Manchester as well as to the popular European short-break destinations of Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. If you are travelling on business, departure times to and from all these cities mean you can get there and back on the same day. And, if you fly Air France to Paris or Brussels Airlines to the Belgian capital, you can connect to the long-haul destinations of Australia, Hong Kong, China and the Caribbean.
For those in search of sun, sea and sand, there’s plenty of choice, too. There are direct flights to the southern French resort of Nice, with its sunny café terraces and palm-lined promenade, the Spanish cities of Alicante and Málaga, gateways to the Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol respectively, and the Balearic Island of Mallorca. For history and culture, choose the Italian city of Verona, the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and close to the Italian lakes. Or dip your toes in the warm Med from the shores of Sardinia, one of the area’s best kept secrets. Closer to home, discover Guernsey’s unspoilt beaches and sheltered coves.
Southampton Airport is also a convenient departure point for skiers and snowboarders with winter flights to Geneva, Innsbruck and Salzburg connecting to the resorts of the French, Swiss and Austrian Alps. And, if you’re planning ahead, winter routes operate to the cities of Hanover and Dusseldorf, both with wonderful Christmas markets.
Getting there
From Southampton Airport (Parkway) station to the terminal building, it is only 99 steps—that’s one of the shortest train-to-plane links in Europe! 0870 040 0009; southamptonairport.com
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