Malmö Airport , formerly known as Malmö-Sturup Airport (Swedish: Malmö-Sturup flygplats ) (IATA: MMX , ICAO: ESMS ) is Sweden's fifth busiest airport, located approximately 28 km (17.4 mi) from Malmö and 26 km (16.2 mi) from Lund. Via the Oresund Bridge the airport is located about 55 km (34.2 mi) from central Copenhagen and 47 km (29.2 mi) from Copenhagen Airport. Malmö Airport is also a complement to Copenhagen Airport in the event of problems such as strikes or fog.
History
Completed in 1972, then at a cost of around SEK130 million, almost twice as much as initially forecast, Sturup Airport replaced the current and aging Bulltofta Airport, which had served the region since 1923. Plans to build a new airport were drafted in the early 1960s. Expansion was impossible, due to Bulltofta's close proximity to the now booming city and nearby communities complained about noise pollution from the newly introduced jet aircraft. Construction began in 1970 and two years later, December 3rd, 1972, the airport was inaugurated. At the same time Bulltofta Airport closed. However, Malmö ATC (Air Traffic Control) remained at the old Bulltofta site until 1983 when it also moved to Malmö Airport.
Around 2005-2008 some low-cost airlines hoped to attract both Danish and Swedish passengers from Sturup in competition with Copenhagen Airport. During autumn 2007 the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair closed all its routes from Malmö Airport. During 2008 Danish Sterling Airlines had some lines from Malmö Airport to London (LGW), Alicante, Barcelona, Nice and Florence. Sterling Airlines accounted for about 6-7% of the total number of passengers at Sturup.
Operational facts
- 1 Passenger terminal with 8 connecting gates
- 2 Cargo terminals
- 20 Parking stands for large aircraft
Ground transportation
Car rental
The following car rental firms have offices at the airport:
- Avis
- Europcar
- Hertz
- Sixt
- Mabi
Bus
- Flygbussarna Airport coaches depart from the airport to downtown Malmö and Lund (about 30 departures/day to each city) The journey to Malmö or Lund takes about 40 minutes. From there there are good train connections, e.g. to Copenhagen (total time to Copenhagen about 80 minutes)
- Gråhundbus departs to Copenhagen twice daily. It takes about 50 minutes to central Copenhagen.
Taxi
- There is a taxi stand at the airport. There is a fixed price to Malmö and Lund 395 SEK.
Airport parking
- There is parking at the airport, with both short-term and long-term parking lots. Short-term parking costs SEK 20 per hour and long-term parking SEK 180 per 24 hours.
Facilities
Businesses and services:
- Shops:
- Pressbyrån
- Parfym&Taxfree butiken
- 7-eleven
- Exchange
- Forex
- Restaurants:
- Coffys
- Coffys Husman
- CAFE
- Hotel
- Best Western Sturup Airport Hotel
- Lounges
- Express Lounge (Malmö Aviation)
- Golf course
- Sturup Park Golf
Airlines and destinations
Charter airlines
Destinations in Spain, Egypt, Greece and other countries are served by JetX, TUIfly Nordic, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and sometimes other carriers such as Spanair or Eurocypria. Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and TUIfly Nordic also fly to long-haul destinations such as Phuket, Thailand during the winter.
Cargo airlines
Ground handling and fuel
There are two handling companies at Malmö Airport, SGS (SAS Ground Services) and Sturup Handling AB. Sturup Handling AB has recently been bought by Novia handling, that was scheduled to take over the company on December 29, 2007.
- SAS Ground Services serves among others Scandinavian Airlines, Malmö Aviation(ends. 31. dec.) and Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia.
- Sturup Handling AB (Novia Handling) serves JetX (Primera), Wizzair, TUIfly Nordic, MCA Airlines, TNT Airways and UPS Airlines.
- Menzies Aviation cargo handling.
- Nordic Aero(begins 2010, 1. Jan, ramp only) (Malmö Aviation)
There are two companies at the airport that perform fueling service, Air BP and Shell/Statoil. The fuel is deliverd by trucks.
Accidents and incidents
- On the 28th of January 2008 an EasyJet flight made a high-speed landing at Malmö Airport, because the plane had faulty flaps. The flight was bound for Copenhagen (EKCH) but requested to land at Malmö. No injuries were reported.
See also
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
External links
- Official site at Luftfartsverket (English)
- Airport information for ESMS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
- eSMS (English)
Notes
- ^ Resrobot, Swedish travel planner
- ^ "Flygplan med 146 passagerare fick nödlanda". 28 Jan 2008 . http://www2.trelleborgsallehanda.se/article/20080128/SENASTENYTT/328936344/1079/SKANE . Retrieved 19 July 2009 .
- http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_ArrivalsAndDepartures____2005.aspx
- http://sydsvenskan.se/ekonomi/article270553.ece
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