Airport Guide

History of Lanzarote Airport

With mass package tourism still some decades away, Lanzarote Airport was originally established back in the 1930s as a base from which to connect to the rest of the Canary Islands.

For the first few years, therefore, just a few flights a week took off from Lanzarote, with civilian services joined by military ones when the Spanish Air Force took over in the 1940s.

However, civilian flights once again came to dominate in the late 1960s and early 1970s as the island became a firm favourite with holidaymakers from both mainland Spain as well as those arriving on international flights from further afield.

The latter decade saw the construction of a new passenger terminal and of an extended runway, allowing for steady expansion which is still carrying on today.

In 1999, a new passenger terminal was opened, capable of handling up to six million passengers a year, while in 2002, the airport became home to an aviation museum, allowing waiting passengers the chance to learn about the history of air travel on the island.

Travelling to Lanzarote Airport

Regular bus services link Lanzarote Airport with the rest of the volcanic island.

Operating with a slightly revised service on weekends, the Number 22 bus connects the terminal buildings with popular tourist stops such as the Playa de Reducto and Playa del Honda, as well as the island's main bus station.

Taxis are also readily available from the airport, though the vast majority of passengers are met at the terminals by special coaches laid on by their tour operators or hotels.

Airlines flying from Lanzarote Airport

At present, more than 20 different airlines fly in and out of Lanzarote Airport, carrying more than five million passengers a year, with the tarmac largely dominated by package holiday operators and budget airlines.

German low-cost carrier Air Berlin offers cheap flights to the Canary Island from more than a dozen cities, including Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Munster, Stuttgart and Zurich.

Likewise, Hamburg International and Condor Airlines also link Lanzarote with Germany, while Air Europa flies from the Spanish cities of Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, Santiago de Campostela and Tenerife.

Other low-cost airlines offering cheap flights to Lanzarote Airport include easyJet, Jet2.com, Flyglobespan, Transavia and TUFly, with the latter flying from a number of Scandinavian destinations.

At the same time, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways fly from all across the UK to the island, thereby providing a year-round link to the sun for British holidaymakers.

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