Marseille Provence Airport

Passengers	8,475,809
Passenger Change 15-16	2.6%
Freight (tons)	55,900

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
Hub for	Air 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
Statistics (2016)
Passengers	8,475,809
Passenger Change 15-16	2.6%
Freight (tons)	55,900
	Sources: French

Marseille Provence Airport or Aéroport de Marseille Provence (IATA: MRS, ICAO: LFML) is an international 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[edit]

Aerial view

Check-in hall

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 restaurant in France since 1997.^[8]^[9]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Athens Seasonal: Heraklion, Rhodes
Aer Lingus	Seasonal: Dublin
Aigle Azur	Algiers, Annaba, Béjaïa, Constantine, Dakar, Oran, Sétif, Tlemcen
Air Algérie	Algiers, Annaba, Batna, Béjaïa, Chlef, Constantine, Oran Seasonal: Jijel, Sétif^[10]
Air Austral	Saint-Denis de la Réunion (resumes 12 October 2017)
Air Canada Rouge	Seasonal: Montréal-Trudeau
Air Corsica	Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi, Figari
Air France	Amsterdam, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Paris–Orly Seasonal: Athens, Ibiza, Stockholm–Arlanda^[11]
Air Madagascar	Antananarivo
Air Malta	Seasonal: Malta
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Alitalia	Rome–Fiumicino
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
easyJet	Amsterdam (ends 28 October 2017), Berlin-Schönefeld, Bordeaux, London–Gatwick, London-Luton, Manchester (ends 28 October 2017), Venice Seasonal: Bristol, Glasgow
easyJet Switzerland	Geneva^[12]
El Al	Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
HOP!	Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes, Rennes Seasonal: Biarritz, Brest
Iberia operated by Air Nostrum	Madrid Seasonal: Ibiza, Menorca
Korean Air	Seasonal charter: Seoul–Incheon^[13]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine	Munich
Meridiana	Milan-Linate Seasonal: Cagliari,^[14] Olbia
Mistral Air	Florence^[15]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Copenhagen
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca, Marrakesh, Oujda, Rabat^[16]
Ryanair	Brest, Charleroi, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Fez, Kraków (begins 2 November 2017),^[17] Lille, Lisbon, London–Stansted, Madrid, Malta, Marrakesh, Nador, Nantes, Oujda, Palermo, Porto, Rabat, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Tangier, Valencia Seasonal: Catania, Essaouira, Faro, Ibiza, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tours, Zadar
TAP Portugal operated by TAP Express	Lisbon
Tassili Airlines	Algiers
Travel Service	Seasonal charter: Shannon^[18]
TUI fly Belgium	Agadir Seasonal: Marrakesh
Tunisair	Djerba, Monastir, Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul–Atatürk
Twin Jet	Metz/Nancy, Milan–Malpensa, Pau
Volotea	Strasbourg, Venice, Vienna^[19] Seasonal: Alicante, Dubrovnik, Faro, Naples, Prague, Rennes, Split^[19]
Vueling	Algiers, Barcelona, Rome–Fiumicino Seasonal: Málaga, Palma de Mallorca
XL Airways France	Saint-Denis de la Réunion Seasonal: Fort-de-France (begins 1 January 2018), Pointe-à-Pitre (begins 1 January 2018)

Cargo[edit]

Airlines	Destinations
ASL Airlines Belgium	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
ASL Airlines France^[20]	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
UPS Airlines operated by Star Air	Cologne/Bonn

Statistics[edit]

Airport traffic^{[citation needed]}
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Passenger	6,155,154^[21]	6,963,000	6,965,933^[22]	7,290,119	7,522,167	7,363,068	8,295,479^[4]	8,260,619	8,182,237	8,261,804
Cargo					53,019		53,026			52,207

Other facilities[edit]

The airport is the main fixed wing base of Sécurité Civile, the aerial firefighting division of the French Ministry of the Interior.^[23]** This Sécurité Civile base has now moved to nearby Nîmes-Garons.

The head office of Airbus Helicopters is located on the airport property.^[24]

Accidents and incidents[edit]

On 4 February 1948, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BATK of Air France was damaged beyond economical repair.^[25]

On 30 July 1950, SNCASE Languedoc P/7 F-BCUI of Air France was damaged beyond economic repair when its undercarriage collapsed on landing.^[26]

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.^[27]

On 26 December 1994 Air France Flight 8969 with 236 people aboard arrived in Marseille after being hijacked by four young men of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport in Algiers, Algeria two days prior. After 15 hours on the ground and a breakdown in negotiations, the French special forces GIGN stormed the aircraft. In the ensuing firefight, all four hijackers were killed while 3 crew, 13 passengers, and 9 GIGN Operators were injured. The Airbus A300B2-1C F-GBEC was written off.

References[edit]

^ "Pari réussi pour l'aéroport de Marseille – Air&Cosmos". Air-cosmos.com. 19 May 2014.
^ LFML – Marseille Provence. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 14 September 2017.
^ "Les 10 aéroports français les plus fréquentés en 2011 – JDN Business" (in French). Journaldunet.com.
^ ^a ^b "Marseille-Provence bat tous les records avec 8,3 millions de passagers en 2012". Tourmag.com.
^ "L'aĂŠroport Marseille Provence proposera 132 lignes rĂŠguliĂ¨res cet ĂŠtĂŠ" (in French). Mediaterranee.com.
^ "Official website: Key facts & figures". Marseille-airport.com.
^ "Pan American B-314 Clipper Flights". Bluegrassairlines.com.
^ "Marseille Provence Airport unveils brand new commercial offer". TheMoodieReport.com.
^ "La recette de Burger King pour faire son come-back dans l'Hexagone" (in French). Capital.fr.
^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270158/air-algerie-proposes-new-french-routes-in-s17/
^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271148/air-france-adds-seasonal-marseille-routes-in-s17/
^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271468/easyjet-schedules-additional-geneva-routes-in-s17/
^ "Korean Air Schedules Marseille Charters in 16Q3". routesonline.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270243/meridiana-adds-cagliari-marseille-service-from-june-2017/
^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272438/mistral-air-s17-new-routes-addition/
^ http://airlineroute.net/2015/08/18/at-rba-w15/
^ http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271685/ryanair-w17-new-routes-as-of-05mar17/
^ "Charter Flights". Travel Choice Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269344/volotea-s17-new-routes-as-of-14oct16/
^ http://www.aslairlines.fr/cargo/vols-reguliers/reseau-cargo/
^ "Marseille Provence Airport: About the Airport". Mrsairport.com. 20 February 2013.
^ "Données clés – Aéroport Marseille Provence" (in French). Marseille.aeroport.fr.
^ "Google Maps". Maps.google.fr. 1 January 1970.
^ "Legal Notice and Disclaimer Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.." Eurocopter. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "[...]whose registered Office is located Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France".
^ "F-BATK Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "F-BCUI Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
^ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

External links[edit]

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 (in 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

[1] "Pari réussi pour l'aéroport de Marseille – Air&Cosmos". Air-cosmos.com. 19 May 2014.

[AIP-2] LFML – Marseille Provence. AIP from French Service d'information aéronautique, effective 14 September 2017.

[3] "Les 10 aéroports français les plus fréquentés en 2011 – JDN Business" (in French). Journaldunet.com.

[autogenerated1-4] "Marseille-Provence bat tous les records avec 8,3 millions de passagers en 2012". Tourmag.com.

[5] "L'aĂŠroport Marseille Provence proposera 132 lignes rĂŠguliĂ¨res cet ĂŠtĂŠ" (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] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270158/air-algerie-proposes-new-french-routes-in-s17/

[11] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271148/air-france-adds-seasonal-marseille-routes-in-s17/

[12] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271468/easyjet-schedules-additional-geneva-routes-in-s17/

[13] "Korean Air Schedules Marseille Charters in 16Q3". routesonline.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[14] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/270243/meridiana-adds-cagliari-marseille-service-from-june-2017/

[15] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/272438/mistral-air-s17-new-routes-addition/

[16] ttp://airlineroute.net/2015/08/18/at-rba-w15/

[17] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/271685/ryanair-w17-new-routes-as-of-05mar17/

[18] "Charter Flights". Travel Choice Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[routesonline.com-19] ttp://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/269344/volotea-s17-new-routes-as-of-14oct16/

[20] ttp://www.aslairlines.fr/cargo/vols-reguliers/reseau-cargo/

[21] "Marseille Provence Airport: About the Airport". Mrsairport.com. 20 February 2013.

[22] "Données clés – Aéroport Marseille Provence" (in French). Marseille.aeroport.fr.

[23] "Google Maps". Maps.google.fr. 1 January 1970.

[24] "Legal Notice and Disclaimer Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.." Eurocopter. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "[...]whose registered Office is located Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France".

[ASN040248-25] "F-BATK Hull-loss description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[ASN300750-26] "F-BCUI Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

[ASN060289-27] "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 9 October 2009.

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