Marseille Provence Airport

Marseille Provence Airport Aéroport de Marseille Provence Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) Y-14
IATA: MRS – ICAO: LFML
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Marseille Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Serves	Marseille
Location	Marignane, France
Elevation AMSL	70 ft / 21 m
Coordinates	43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E / 43.43667°N 5.21500°ECoordinates: 43°26′12″N 05°12′54″E / 43.43667°N 5.21500°E
Website	marseille-airport.com
Maps
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France
LFML Airport in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 13L/31R 3,500 11,483 Asphalt 13R/31L 2,370 7,776 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 8,182,237 Passenger Change 13-14 0.9% Freight (tons) 53,026
Sources: French [1]

Marseille Provence Airport or Aéroport de Marseille Provence (IATA: MRS, ICAO: LFML) is an airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille,^[2] on the territory of Marignane, both communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région of France. The airport's hinterland goes from Gap to Arles and from Toulon to Avignon.

It is the fifth busiest French airport by passenger traffic and third largest for cargo traffic.^[3] In 2012 the airport achieved the fourth highest European passenger traffic growth, at 12.7% with 8,295,479 passengers.^[4] Marseille Provence Airport serves as a focus city for Air France. In summer 2013, the airport served 132 regular destinations, the largest offer in France after the Parisian airports.^[5]

History

Formerly known as Marseille–Marignane Airport, it has been managed since 1934 by the Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).^[6]

In the 1920s and 1930s, Marignane was one of France's main points of operation for flying boats. It even briefly served as a terminal for Pan American World Airways Clipper flying boats.^[7] Other flying boat operators were Aéropostale and Air Union, the latter moving over from Antibes in 1931. Marignane was also a production site for hydroplanes by Lioré et Olivier.

In September 2006, the airport opened its new terminal MP2 for budget airlines. In 2013 the airport expanded its shopping and dining options, with 30 new shops and restaurants, among which is the first Burger King shop in France since 1997.^[8][9]

Airlines and destinations

Terminal 2 and control tower

Check-in hall

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations	Terminal
Aegean Airlines	Athens Seasonal: Heraklion, Rhodes[10]	1
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin	mp2
Aigle Azur	Algiers, Annaba, Bejaia, Constantine, Dakar,[11] Oran, Setif, Tlemcen	1
Air Algérie	Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Bejaia, Chlef, Constantine, Jijel, Oran Seasonal: Setif (begins 21 June 2017)[12]	1
Air Canada Rouge	Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau (begins 10 June 2017)[13]	1
Air Corsica[14]	Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari	3
Air France	Amsterdam, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly	1, 3, 4
Air Madagascar	Antananarivo	1
Air Malta	Malta	1
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau	1
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino[15]	1
ASL Airlines France	Seasonal: Hamburg[16]	3
British Airways	London–Heathrow	1
Brussels Airlines	Brussels	1
easyJet	Amsterdam, Berlin-Schönefeld,[17] Bordeaux, London–Gatwick, London-Luton (begins 13 February 2017), Glasgow, Manchester[18] Seasonal: Bristol	mp2
El Al	Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion	1
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal: Antalya, Istanbul–Atatürk	1
Eurowings	Düsseldorf	1
HOP!	Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes, Rennes [19] Seasonal: Biarritz, Brest	3, 4
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Madrid Seasonal: Ibiza, Minorca	1
Korean Air	Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon[20]	2
Lufthansa	Frankfurt	1
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich	1
Meridiana	Milan-Linate[21] Seasonal: Olbia	1
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen	1
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen	mp2
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Marrakesh, Oujda, Rabat[22]	1
Ryanair	Brest, Charleroi, Eindhoven, Fes, Lille, Lisbon, London–Stansted,[23] Madrid, Malta, Marrakesh, Nador, Nantes, Oujda, Palermo, Porto, Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Tangier Seasonal: Catania, Edinburgh, Essaouira, Faro (begins 27 March 2017), Ibiza, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tours, Valencia, Zadar	mp2
TAP Portugal operated by TAP Express	Lisbon	1
Tassili Airlines	Algiers	1
TUIfly Belgium[24]	Agadir Seasonal: Marrakesh	2
Tunisair	Djerba, Monastir, Tunis	1
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk	1
Twin Jet	Metz/Nancy, Milan–Malpensa, Pau	4
Volotea	Strasbourg, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna (begins 10 April 2017)[25] Seasonal: Alicante (begins 10 April 2017), Dubrovnik, Faro, Naples, Prague, Rennes, Split (begins 9 April 2017) [26]	3
Vueling	Algiers,[27] Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Málaga, Palma de Mallorca	1
XL Airways France	Saint-Denis de la Réunion	1

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines France[28]	Ajaccio, Bastia, Nice, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Rennes
DHL Aviation	Brussels, Leipzig/Halle, Malta, Nice
FedEx Feeder operated by ASL Airlines Ireland	Lyon, Paris–Charles de Gaulle
TNT Airways operated by Icelandair	Paris–Charles de Gaulle

Statistics

Airport traffic

	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Passenger	6,155,154[29]	6,963,000	6,965,933[30]	7,290,119	7,522,167	7,363,068	8,295,479[4]	8,260,619	8,182,237
Cargo					53,019		53,026

Other facilities

• The Marignane airport is also the main base of the aerial firefighting division of Civil security (French Ministry of the Interior).^[31]
• The head office of Airbus Helicopters is located on the airport property.^[32]

Accidents and incidents

• On 4 February 1948, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATK of Air France was damaged beyond economical repair.^[33]
• On 30 July 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair when its undercarriage collapsed on landing.^[34]
• On 6 February 1989 Inter Cargo Service Flight 3132, operated by Vickers Vanguard F-GEJE crashed on takeoff. Three crew died, no passengers were being carried.^[35]

See also

• Air France Flight 8969

References

1. "Pari réussi pour l'aéroport de Marseille – Air&Cosmos". Air-cosmos.com. 19 May 2014.
2. LFML – Marseille Provence. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 10 November 2016.
3. "Les 10 aéroports français les plus fréquentés en 2011 – JDN Business" (in French). Journaldunet.com.
4. "Marseille-Provence bat tous les records avec 8,3 millions de passagers en 2012". Tourmag.com.
5. "L'aÊroport Marseille Provence proposera 132 lignes rÊgulières cet ÊtÊ" (in French). Mediaterranee.com.
6. "Official website: Key facts & figures". Marseille-airport.com.
7. "Pan American B-314 Clipper Flights". Bluegrassairlines.com.
8. "Marseille Provence Airport unveils brand new commercial offer". TheMoodieReport.com.
9. "La recette de Burger King pour faire son come-back dans l'Hexagone" (in French). Capital.fr.
10. https://en.aegeanair.com/plan/book-a-flight/?_ga=1.98107359.1351666593.1457278301
11. http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/20/zi-mrsdkr-dec15/
12. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270158/air-algerie-proposes-new-french-routes-in-s17/
13. Air Canada Adds Non-Stop Montreal-Algiers and Montreal-Marseille Flights Starting in Summer 2017
14. http://www.corsematin.com/article/derniere-minute/air-corsica-recupere-la-partie-commerciale-dair-france
15. "Alitalia Resumes Rome - Marseille Service from late-October 2014". Airline Route. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
16. http://www.air-journal.fr/2016-01-08-asl-airlines-trois-routes-francaises-vers-hambourg-5156244.html
17. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/267700/easyjet-plans-new-routes-in-16q4/
18. "New routes for summer 2015". Easyjet.
19. http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/07/afa5-w15/
20. "Korean Air Schedules Marseille Charters in 16Q3". routesonline.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
21. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268850/meridiana-schedules-marseille-service-from-nov-2016/
22. http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/18/at-rba-w15/
23. http://www.ryanair.com
24. "Jetairfly Flight Plan". Jetairfly.
25. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269344/volotea-s17-new-routes-as-of-14oct16/
26. http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269344/volotea-s17-new-routes-as-of-14oct16/
27. http://www.econostrum.info/Vueling-lance-un-Marseille-Alger_a22254.html#ixzz4KussLCJn
28. http://www.aslairlines.fr/cargo/vols-reguliers/reseau-cargo/
29. "Marseille Provence Airport: About the Airport". Mrsairport.com. 20 February 2013.
30. "Données clés – Aéroport Marseille Provence" (in French). Marseille.aeroport.fr.
31. "Google Maps". Maps.google.fr. 1 January 1970.
32. "Legal Notice and Disclaimer." Eurocopter. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "[...]whose registered Office is located Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France".
33. "F-BATK Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
34. "F-BCUI Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
35. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

External links

Media related to Marseille Provence Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Marseille Provence Airport, official site in English and French
• Aéroport de Marseille-Provence page at Union des Aéroports Français (French)
• Airport information for LFML at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Current weather for LFML at NOAA/NWS
• Accident history for MRS: Marseille–Marignane Airport at Aviation Safety Network