Anyone who has ever visited Mallorca (Mallorca), one of the largest Spanish islands of the Balearic archipelago, will certainly want to come back here again. Divinely mild and amazingly warm climate, mountain ranges striking giant size and fabulous beauty, valleys and forests attract lovers of both beach holiday, and those who want to go rock climbing, participate in horse sledge competitions, and enjoy windsurfing. Or you can just relax, enjoying the magnificence of the natural landscape. The airliner is already waiting for you!
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The impressive scale, the modern Palma de Mallorca airport in Spain (the second name is Son San Juan), ranks third after the air ports in Madrid and Barcelona in terms of the number of tourists who have flown into the country. This aviation berth, located just eight kilometers from the capital, is the leader in terms of accepted flights among similar terminals in Europe. Many European airlines prefer to use the quality services of this airfield:
- Turkish company - Turkish Airlines;
- the largest Swiss - Swiss International Air Lines;
- a solid representative of Germany - Lufthansa;
- local Spanish military squadrons - Escuadron and Ala.
Created in the 1930s as a private flight point, it has gone through all the stages of its development. During the war it housed military equipment. After the end of hostilities, the runway was reconstructed, which made it possible to serve aircraft of various carrying capacities.
With an increase in the number of people wishing to use the services of this airline, in 1958 it was decided to build, and already in 1960, the airport in Mallorca in Spain began to carry out domestic and international flights. With subsequent years, the harbor of Palma de Mallorca is expanding, improving, transforming.
At present, it is a huge terminal, one of the most magnificent ports in Europe. The beauty of perfect architecture can be viewed on the official websites of airlines and travel companies, if there is an interest in making a trip to the island.
The main island air hub is a large terminal complex with total area in 6.3 sq. km. Over twenty-five million passengers are served here annually, and in an hour throughput is about twelve thousand people.
The structure consists of four modules: A. B. C. D:
- A - located in the north of the air complex, where there are twenty-eight gates for boarding the aircraft, stairs are installed on eight, and only in this module there are double stairs. The department works only at the height of the holiday season, and does not function in winter, and serves flights from countries that are not members of the Schengen Union. It accepts clients arriving from the UK and Ireland.
- B - based on the smaller of all four base territories, and consists of eight checkpoints, occupies the northeastern part of the air harbor. Aircrafts of local destinations take off and land at the base of the terminal.
- C - an impressive block in the eastern part of the terminal structure, has thirty-three exits, of which nine are equipped with a closed transition device. It accepts airliners operating flights from the Schengen countries.
- D - occupies southern part terminal. Airline flights from Europe are issued. The pass is carried out with the help of nineteen passes to the gangway of the aircraft, and all odd checkpoints are served by special buses.
The terminal complex has a separate module serving private flights. The client can order a flight by charter or on a small private board. To do this, it is not necessary to go through a complicated registration at the airport terminal. All operations are carried out online through the official website of the aviation company.
A comfortable and spacious waiting room with an uninterrupted Wi-fi zone, where it is convenient to follow the online scoreboard of departure and arrival, provides many different services to passengers arriving at the landing area. Service structures offer respectable restaurants and cozy cafes. The shops are filled with colorful national souvenirs and goods that are sure to interest tourists from Russia and the CIS countries. Kiosks offer up-to-date printed materials from the media for every taste.
Bank branches and universal ATMs will help in solving financial issues. The airport staff took care of the tourists with handicapped. All aviation service points are equipped with accessible approaches. Businessmen and business travelers can sit in VIP lounges while waiting for departure, tracking the status of flights on the online scoreboard of departure and arrival. If you need to hold negotiations or business meetings, at your disposal are conference rooms equipped and equipped with the necessary conditions for this event.
Online board of departure and arrival airport Palma de Mallorca
The airport in Mallorca in Spain will pleasantly surprise tourists with car rental desks, where they will quickly rent a car of any brand for several days. Transportation from Son San Juan is carried out using buses, taxis or transfers.
The bus fleet is very cozy and comfortable, with a functioning air cooling system. During rush hour on the bus passenger seats busy, so many have to stand all the way. The fare is paid directly by the driver. The client is obliged to indicate the destination and the number of paid transiters. People pay in two ways: travel cards and cash. A card purchased in advance is valid for ten trips and costs less (ten euros), while in cash you will have to pay one and a half euros for one trip.
The taxi service in the city operates around the clock. The car park is located in front of the arrivals area at Palma de Mallorca Airport. It is preferable to use official cars and apply at their parking place, then the fare will be less. We strongly recommend not to agree to the services of private cab drivers, which will require much more money. You will reach the city center from the airport terminal in just fourteen minutes.
You can rent a car at the terminal. However, by contacting a specialized rental center, you will save your capital. There are some terms and conditions for renting vehicle:
- availability of international rights;
- certain age restrictions - you can rent no earlier than twenty-one years with a driving experience of more than three years;
- payment for the service is fifty or more euros per day.
Almost always, a deposit of two hundred euros is provided, which is returned to the client after the end of the agreement. Do not forget about right-hand traffic in Spain. Read the rules and parking areas in advance. Be aware that underground parking is preferred due to the unlimited storage time of the car. You also need to buy a parking card at the entrance.
The transfer is considered a very convenient service, which consists in picking you up and taking you to your specified destination in the city. The driver will meet you as close as possible at the exit zone. Be sure to help with luggage and take the shortest way to the place of arrival. We advise you to specify the type of transport in advance - whether it's a cheap taxi or a luxury transfer.
With the help of Kiwitaxi it is possible to book any car: either a comfortable car for a couple with a child, or a minibus for a group of travelers.
The order of travel throughout the journey is distinguished by a fixed cost. Unforeseen situations do not affect the price change: neither delay nor traffic jams. Also, nothing will change at all, even if you decide to go to a cafe. Happy travels and holidays on the beaches of Mallorca!
Spain. Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca Airport (Son Sant Joan airport Palma-de-Mallorca) is located in the suburbs, 8 km from the capital of the island, next to the city. It is the most important airport in the Spanish Isles and the third largest and most visited in Spain. It is popular with tourists and is very busy in summer.
The airport provides both regular flights and flights of budget airlines. During the year, the airport receives almost 20 million passengers, especially many flights during the holidays. Son San Joan has four passenger terminals with a total capacity of up to 25 million passengers per year.
Palma de Mallorca Airport has the following services:
- numerous bars, restaurants and cafes;
- paragraph one medical care;
- passengers can use e-mail and connect to the wireless Internet;
- luggage office;
- VIP room;
- equipped with rooms for mothers with children, children's bedrooms and playgrounds;
- there is a banking institution, a currency exchange and several ATMs;
- different types of shops, including duty-free, whose product range includes tobacco products, toys, leather goods, shoes, jewelry, sunglasses, flowers, candies, gifts, clothing and accessories.
Hotel reservations can be made at the airport's tour desk.
Car rentalThere are eight companies providing services to tourists, their offices are located in the arrivals hall of the terminal and on the first floor of the car park.
parkingIn front of the building there are several parking lots for short and long term stops.
There are about 5 car parks at 5700 parking spaces. There is a multi-storey terminal nearby, the first floor of the car park is intended for rental cars. The fifth and sixth floors are intended for long-term parking. On each floor there are parking spaces for the disabled, these sectors are located near elevators and escalators.
Public parking is located outside the terminal and has over 4,800 spaces. The first half hour of parking is free, after that the parking hour is around €1.
How to get to Palma de Mallorca Airport?
How to get to Palma de Mallorca airport by car. From the capital to the airport leads the motorway de Levante (Autovia Autopista de Levante). From the north of the island, the PM-27 highway leads to it, and from the south, C-717.
Bus to Palma de Mallorca Airport: passengers are served by two bus lines. The bus stop is in front of the multi-storey car park at Exit D. The next stop is outside, in front of the access road.
- Bus number 1 passes through the city center and every 15 minutes takes passengers to the most visited places on the island, the trip lasts 30 minutes.
- Bus number 21 takes passengers every half an hour to some hotels located near the beaches of Palma.
The fare is €2.5.
Taxi from Palma de Mallorca Airport: For the convenience of passengers, there is also a taxi rank. The price per kilometer is from €0.8 to €1. The journey to the city center takes 15 minutes.
When I landed at Mallorca airport, I was simply amazed by its size. This huge building with panoramic windows gave hope for excellent service. "Wow!" I yelled as I got off the plane. Although, on the other hand, this is not surprising, because the flow of tourists there is large, almost all of them fly to the island.
But on this positive emotions almost ended, subsided. I ran into trouble with not very good staff. If you know English, then it will be simple and easy for you. But in the case of a complete absence of a foreign one, you will have to explain everything on your fingers, and the workers there are somehow not very friendly, and also slow.
As for the internal organization of the airport, in the middle it does not seem as chic as from the outside.
I did not like, for example, the fact that people do not shine through at the entrance to the airport, you can bring anything you like. Although, on the other hand, when going through security checks when boarding a flight, they even ask you to take off your shoes with thick soles. Some kind of ambiguous attitude to security.
I didn’t like the fact that huge passages to the passport control zone were built, I was tired of carrying a bag.
The toilets were disappointing, they were dirty, and I also didn’t have enough soap.
Well, a little about the infrastructure of the airport itself:
- a bunch of clothing stores, Spanish-made cosmetics (my favorite Mango boutique came across);
- a huge duty free zone with cheap prices (an order of magnitude lower than in Russia);
- several cafes, although they are not of a high standard;
- the waiting area is spacious with free internet access.
Palma de Mallorca - beautiful place for a vacation, get there from Moscow or another big city Russia can be on a plane that lands at a modern airport. A traveler visiting a major airport in a foreign country for the first time can use brief information about the features of the procedures for arrival and departure from the island, presented in the article.
If your tour does not include a transfer to the hotel, it is convenient, simple and secure to book it online →
A bit of history
A tourist arriving in the Balearic Islands should be aware that his plane lands at oldest airport Palma de Mallorca, leading its history from the beginning of the twentieth century.
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The first flights became a necessity for the rapid delivery of mail, so the postal the airline was opened in 1921: small seaplanes flew to Barcelona and back. Already in 1964, the traffic of the airport was more than a million passengers, and after a large-scale modernization in 2003, the international airport receives up to twenty million passengers annually.
Status and purpose of the airport
Aeropuerto de Palma de Mallorca has international status, moreover, a squadron of the Spanish Air Force is based on its territory. Two runways allow you to receive aircraft of various classes, including super-heavy liners.
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Most of the flights are aimed at tourists arriving from different countries, the airport is especially busy during the peak tourist season.
Structure
The airport has four terminals labeled A, B, C and D. They are divided by purpose: the smallest B is used only for flights within the country by one airline. The rest are intended for flights within the Eurozone and to other countries of the world.
It is easy for tourists arriving on the island to navigate at the airport - they just need to get their luggage and go to the arrivals hall. There, travelers are usually met by representatives of the tour operator.
It is more difficult for departing passengers, because it is not clear to everyone that to register you need to go to the second level. The levels are connected by elevators, and there are queues near the central elevators. Advice:
- Do not use the central, but the elevators of the left or right wing.
- There is an option - go to the main parking lot, take the lift and go to the registration desks along the covered gallery.
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Having reached the second level, you can register and issue a visa check:
- At the second level, the tourist immediately enters the check-in hall, where there are about two hundred counters and the main board with the departure schedule.
- After reviewing the information on the scoreboard, if necessary, go through the procedure for issuing Tax-Free, it is better to do it immediately, because in order to confirm purchases, you will most likely have to present the purchased goods, and if you check in their luggage, then there will be no tax refund.
- After registering and issuing a visa check (the counter is on the right, in the very corner), the passenger rises to the fourth level to the inspection area.
An interesting feature of Palma de Mallorca Airport is the lack of odd level designations. That is, do not look for the first or third levels - they are not.
On the fourth level, where you can go up on the escalator, there is a screening area. Here the Spaniards use a particularly sensitive device. Passengers do not need to take off their shoes, after passing the frame, you just need to put your foot in the center of a special device.
The distance from the screening desk to the landing module is not close - you have to walk about ten minutes. There are various restaurants, cafes and shops along the way.
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In the airport no hotels for passengers flying in transit - the nearest hotels are located two kilometers from it.
Flights to the airport
Palma de Mallorca Airport receives regular and charter flights from most countries of the world. Regular flights from Russia are operated by S7 Airlines. Among the major carriers of other countries are Air Berlin, Air Europe, Iberworld Airlines.
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To find out the schedule of arrivals and departures, you can focus on the airport's online scoreboard.
How to get to the hotel
Tourists arriving on the island either immediately see a sign with their name in the hands of representatives of travel companies who meet them, or (if they travel without a travel agency or the transfer is not included in the tour) they can get from the airport to hotels on their own.
From the airport you can get to the city center either by bus (the second bus line was recently launched and now there are two of them - No. 1 and No. 21), or by taxi, or by renting a car.
The bus is an ideal transport in terms of cost, a ticket costs from 2.5 to 3 euros. Poisoned - every fifteen minutes. However, there is a problem in the high season - the buses, despite the introduction of the second additional route, are still crowded.
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Taxis are comfortable and not too expensive, especially if there are two or three of you: the fare to the city costs about 13-20 euros.
Rent a car - great option for someone who preferred to settle in a remote, authentic place. You can reserve a car in advance using numerous sites.
Keep in mind - in the city of Palma de Mallorca there is a huge problem with free parking spaces.
If you have rented a car and have free time, be sure to plan a few days to get to know - the largest and most beautiful of the Balearic Islands.
Duty free
Located at the airport one duty free shop, offering a standard range of souvenirs, spirits and chocolate. Attractive prices for rum, local liqueurs and Spanish wines, sherry and olive oil. Whiskey and chocolate cost about the same as in Moscow, there is a large selection of white chocolate.
The third largest airport in Spain is located just 8 km east of the capital of the Balearic Islands - the city of Palma, in the southern part of the island of Mallorca, near resort town- Can Pastilla. The largest air hub on the islands has official name- Son San Juan (Joan), and serves over 23 million passengers a year. international Airport Palma de Mallorca ranks first in Europe in terms of the number of flights per hour.
The main flow of flights is focused on tourists; in summer, during the peak season, the air hub is especially busy. Mallorca's sky gate receives flights from almost all countries of the world. Direct flights to Moscow are carried out twice a week. Two landing strips make it possible to receive heavy military aircraft, also on the territory of the Air Terminal there is a Spanish Air Force base.
The airport terminal is located at:
- 07611, Palma City, Balearic Islands, Spain
Airport online scoreboard
How to get to the airport
You can get from the city of Palma to the airport by a direct road, by regular bus or by calling a taxi.
Buses run regularly, with a frequency of 15-20 minutes. In order to quickly get to the airport without transfers, two buses No. 1 and No. 21 are suitable. You can pay in cash or purchase a travel card. The second option is cheaper. You need to pay the fare at the entrance to the driver, indicating the number of passengers. All vehicles are air-conditioned and have comfortable comfortable seats.
Bus number 1, follows the route eastern docks - airport. Transport takes you directly to the terminal building, the final stop is at the arrivals hall. The fare is 2.5 euros. In the summer, it runs according to the schedule - from 5:30 to 2:10. In the autumn-winter period - from 5:30 to 1:00.
From the popular hotels located on the coast of Palma, you can drive to the airport bus number 21. The bus runs every 25-30 minutes. Children under 5 travel free of charge, and for adults the cost is 3 euros. During the holiday season, the bus starts at 7:00 and ends at 1:00. From November to April - from 7:00 to 22:10.
How to get from the airport
Most fast way get to Palma city center by taxi. You can also use public transport.
The taxi rank is located near the arrivals area. A transfer service is available for tourists. Orders are accepted in different languages, including Russian. The average cost of a taxi is an average of 15-25 euros. A minivan will cost from 42 euros.
The taxi service operates at any time of the day. Dispatcher services cost - 0.95 euros, landing from 3.90, and the cost of one km - 1.60. At the end of the trip, the driver must issue a receipt or check. Wheelchairs and child seats are allowed at no additional charge.
Rent a Car
You can easily rent a car at Mallorca airport. Along the coast, there are also many companies offering rental services. In the peak season, it is better to rent a car in advance.
To rent a vehicle, you need an international driver's license. Age must be over 21 years old, driving experience of at least three years. The cost of the car rental service depends on the number of days: the longer you take the car, the lower the cost of rent per day. But on average, you will have to pay from 20EUR per day for an economy class car. They often ask to leave a deposit - 200 euros, which is returned to the client at the end of the rental period.
In order not to get into an unpleasant situation, it is better to book a car in advance, you can do it online.
The airport building is divided into 4 terminals (A, B, C, D). There is also module E, which is used only for servicing private flights.
- Module A. The only module equipped with double ladders. There are 28 gates in total. Operates only in summer. Accepts mainly flights outside the Schengen area, such as Ireland, Great Britain.
- Module B. The most compact and smallest module. It has only 8 gates located on the first floor. Serves flights within the country. Usually closed in winter.
- Module C. The largest terminal is located in the eastern part of the air hub. Used for service, flights European airlines. There are 33 gates for passengers, and 9 of them have teleports.
- Module D. Located in the southern part of the building. Used to send additional flights to Europe. 10 gates are equipped with air bridges, there are 19 of them in the terminal. Buses serve every odd gate.
You can find a detailed diagram of the passenger terminal of Palma de Mallorca Airport on the official website of the airport.
Additional services
After a large-scale reconstruction in the 90s, for the comfort of passengers in the four-storey building of the sky pier, all the amenities for a comfortable flight are provided. Many bars, restaurants and various cafes offer a huge selection of dishes for every taste. For the implementation of monetary transactions, there is a currency exchange and ATMs. Three lounges are available for faxing and other business transactions.
Shops are located almost along the entire perimeter of Mallorca airport. Here you can buy souvenirs, alcohol products. There is also a Duty Free shop, which offers Spanish alcoholic drinks, chocolate, olives and various delicacies.
Any information can be clarified at the information desk. There is also a post office for passengers. There is access to Wi-Fi, and sockets are located at almost every chair. The air hub is well equipped for people with disabilities.
Parking is located just a few steps from the exits of the terminals. Accommodates from 5600 parking spaces. There is also a separate parking lot for rented cars.
Tax Free
At Mallorca airport, on the territory of terminal A, there is an office of the Global Exchange company, where you can issue a cash tax refund. The procedure is standard: first you affix stamps at the customs office (passenger terminal, 2nd floor, check-in area), and then go to the Global Exchange office. The Global Exchange office is located on the ground floor of the passenger terminal. Working hours - from 8:00 to 00:00. The location of the company's office can be seen on the map below:
Official site
You can find out all the necessary information on the official page of Palma de Mallorca Airport, it is available in Spanish, German, English and Catalan. The English version of the Mallorca Airport website is available at:
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