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Alicante–Elche Airport ((スペイン語:Aeropuerto de Alicante-Elche), ), , originally named El Altet, is the sixth busiest airport in Spain based on passenger numbers, and the main airport for the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia. The airport is situated southwest of Alicante, about south of Valencia, about north of Murcia and east of Elche in the municipality of Elche on Mediterranean coast. In 2011, Alicante Airport handled 9,913,764 passengers, 75,572 flight operations and 3,011 tonnes of cargo, making it the busiest airport in the Valencian Community by passenger numbers, and one of the 50 busiest in Europe. By 2014 the airport was beating its yearly record, handling about 10,050,000 passengers. The airport is a base for Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair and Vueling. The largest number of passengers is carried by Ryanair (3,152,724 passengers in 2010), followed by EasyJet (1,337,350). Air Berlin (620,671) is the distant third.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Introduction - Alicante-Elche Airport - Aena )〕 Up to eighty percent of all passenger flights are international. The largest numbers of passengers arrive from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands. Popular domestic destinations are Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Barcelona. Both international and domestic passenger traffic have increased significantly in the last decade. ==History== El Altet airport opened on 4 May 1967, replacing the older aerodrome La Rabassa that had served Alicante since 1936. It took its name after the El Altet area (a part of Elche's countryside) where it was built. The first commercial flight that landed in the airport was Convair Metropolitan by Aviaco.〔(Alicante Airport ) airports-worldwide.com〕 Iberia established a regular connections Alicante–Madrid and Alicante–Barcelona in November 1969.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History - Alicante-Elche Airport - Aena )〕 In early 1970s passengers' traffic reached 1 million, which prompted a construction of a new passenger terminal. In 1980 the runway was extended to three kilometres.〔 The next renovation took place in 1996.〔 A new office building together with operation and business centres were constructed. For the first time, five air bridges were installed to facilitate boarding.〔 In 2011, the new terminal was opened at the airport increasing the annual airport capacity to 20 million passengers per year.〔(Alicante Airport New Terminal )〕 All flights arrive and depart from this new terminal. Terminals 1 and 2, which were in service before the opening of the new terminal, are currently closed. Works however will not be completed until 2014, as plans are to construct a connecting hallway between the new terminal and terminals 1 and 2 that will allow to exploit the passenger space of all terminals.〔(Old Alicante Airport Terminals to Reopen ) by Mark Nolan, The Leader Newspaper, 2011-12-09〕 Historically, up until 2003, Iberia was the leading airline at the airport.〔(New terminal should help Alicante pass 10 million mark this summer; Ryanair now accounts for one-third of traffic ) anna.aero, Airport Analysis, 23 March 2011〕 With the decline of conventional airlines, in 2004 low-cost EasyJet took the lead.〔 In 2007, Ryanair, the largest European low-cost airline established a base in Alicante.〔(Ryanair announces 21st base in Alicante, Spain ) Ryanair News Release, 09.08.07〕 It has become the leading carrier at the airport in 2009, and by 2011 it has increased its presence further with eleven aircraft based, 62 routes, and more than 3 million passengers. However, from the end of October 2011, Ryanair has cut 31 routes due to disagreement with AENA on the usage of air bridges at the new terminal (before, they would always unload on the tarmac because it is cheaper but the owners of the airport want all planes to use the air bridges in the new building and not unload on the tarmac).〔(Ryanair suprime 31 rutas en el aeropuerto de El Altet ) Las Provincias, 26.10.11〕 The airport is located within Elche's ''comarca'' and so there had been a historical petition from Elche to include the city's name in the official name of the airport. This was implemented in July 2013 when the name of the airport was officially changed from "Alicante Airport" to "Alicante–Elche Airport"〔()〕 with the IATA airport code remaining unchanged, ALC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alicante–Elche Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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