Carcassonne Salvaza Airport(Soon to be renamed to Carcassonne Pays Cathar) is small and efficient, it is however the largets international airport by numbers in the Languedoc. Only used now by Ryanair it still saw 215,213 passanger arrivals in 2002, growing to just under 320,000 in 2003 now that Ryanair have their Brussels route up and running. There is even a possibility that they may fly in from their new hub at Franfurt Hain- they already fly to Perpignan from Germany. The Carcassonne-Dublin route is launching in April 2005

The services at Carcassonne airport include a sandwich bar, a suprisingly good restaurant and bar on the first floor, a newspaper and local produce shop, a bank ATM cashpoint, a motel opposite. Carcassonne airport itself is of course fully accessible with reserved parking-though I don't think there is a lift to the first floor restaurant. There is a taxi stand in the forecourt although unless you are first off the plane you may have a little wait as I have only counted 4 taxis at most ranked up. A bus service also runs from the airport to the centre of Carcassonne, train station and La Cité.

Parking is no longer free and although enlarged still tends to get full when both the London and Brussels planes arrive. I always go early and get a great lunch in at the restaurant if I'm travelling or picking up.

Car rental is available at the airport

Check out the prices, particularly of ADA and Location Occitane before booking, they often are cheaper than the preferred partner of RyanAir.

Telephone Number of Carcassonne Salvaza Airport 04 68 71 96 46
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