World City Guide

Getting There By Air

Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS)
Tel: (04) 4214 1414 or 4289 0974 (flight information). Fax: (04) 4214 2724.
E-mail: contact@marseille-provence.aeroport.fr
Website: www.marseille-provence.aeroport.fr

Marseille-Provence Airport, located 80km (50 miles) southeast of Avignon, has two terminals – terminal one is for international services, while terminal two is for domestic flights. The airport serves 80 destinations, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, London, Milan, Munich and Paris.

Major airlines: The national airline is Air France (tel: (0802) 802 802; website: www.airfrance.co.uk ). Other airlines serving the airport include Alitalia, British Airways and Lufthansa.

Airport facilities: Facilities include left-luggage, a pharmacy and 24-hour medical facilities, banks, bureaux de change, ATMs, shops, bars, cafés and restaurants, a post office, tourist information, lost property, VIP salon and car hire from Ada, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt and National/Citer.

Business facilities: The Marseilles Provence Business Centre (tel: (04) 4214 2774; e-mail: centre.affaires@marseille-provence.aeroport.fr), Hall 4, in Terminal Two, provides Internet, fax and telephone facilities, as well as several small meeting rooms accommodating up to 30 delegates. The Salon Panoramique in Terminal One holds 150 delegates for meetings.

Transport to the city: There are regular shuttle buses (navettes), operated by Transport Routier Passagers Aeriens – TRPA (tel: (04) 9150 5934), to St-Charles SNCF railway station (tel: (04) 9504 1000), every 20 minutes 0530–2130. These take 25-30 minutes and tickets cost ¬8.50. From the station, there are direct links to Avignon (journey time – 50 minutes) on regional TER trains (see Getting There By Rail).

Airport taxis (tel: (04) 4214 2444) to Avignon cost approximately ¬120 (journey time – 45 minutes).

Avignon-Caumont Airport (AVN)
Tel: (04) 9081 5151. Fax: (04) 9081 5166.
E-mail: aeroport@avignonvaucluse.cci.fr
Website: www.avignon.aeroport.fr

Avignon-Caumont Airport, operated by the Avignon-Vaucluse Chamber of Commerce, is located just eight kilometres (five miles) from Avignon. Recent developments have enlarged the airport and improved the runway. Links to airport hub Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne have expanded destinations to include 21 French (including four daily flights to Paris) and European destinations (including London City Airport, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva, Turin and Milan). Passenger traffic shows a steady increase, with 2001 figures at 125,538, compared to 2000 figures at 124,355. Another route to Paris (journey time – 1 hour 10 minutes) or London Stansted (journey time – 2 hours) is via Ryanair from Nîmes Arles Camargue airport, only 20 minutes from Avignon by taxi.

Major airlines: Air France (tel: (0802) 802 802; website: www.airfrance.co.uk ) is the national carrier. No other airlines serve this airport.

Airport facilities: These include a shop, bar-restaurant, hotel, car parks and car hire from Avis, Budget, Hertz, National/Citer and Europcar.

Business facilities: None.

Transport to the city: Taxis to Avignon city centre are provided by Taxis Avignonnais (tel: (04) 9082 2020) and cost about ¬15 (journey time – 10 minutes), with additional charges for baggage (¬0.61 per item) and extra passengers (¬1.19). There are no other transport options currently available from Avignon-Caumont Airport.

Approximate flight times to Avignon: From London is 3 hours; from New York is 11 hours; from Los Angeles is 20 hours 30 minutes; from Toronto is 13 hours 10 minutes; from Sydney is 24 hours 50 minutes and from Paris Orly is 50 minutes. (All flights are via Paris.)

Arrival/departure tax: None.