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Malaga airport was the second most used Spanish airport by low cost airlines in July, after Palma de Mallorca, with 504.581 passengers, representing an increase of 11’8% over the same month in 2009.

Nationally, low-cost airlines transported more than four million passengers in July, representing a 10% increase over the same month in 2009, compared to traditional companies, which moved to 2.85 million passengers, three percent more, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.

In July, the traditional airlines accounted for 41.6% of the entry of passengers, following the trend of previous months, while low-cost airlines billed more than half of all international passenger tickets to Spain, 58.4% from the 6.86 million passengers who passed through Spanish airports.

Malaga remains the second port of the peninsula regarding the traffic of cruise ships, awaiting the high season to begin in September.

Despite the economic crisis affecting almost all sectors, it is a good time for cruise traffic in the Port of Malaga, which continues to record positive numbers. The overall balance is positive throughout the national territory, in fact Málaga virtually remains in the same numbers than last year, but from September onwards will provide a quantitative leap that will contribute to historical records by the end of the year.

During the first six months of 2010, the Port of Málaga received a total of 182.927 tourists and 119 cruise ships.

But growth will come with the start of high season, which is historically considered in Málaga during the last quarter of the year. According to forecasts by the Port Authority, Málaga will close the course of 20210 with a total of 330 cruise ships.

One of the objectives of the Port of Málaga for this year’s course was to break with the historical seasonality that has ever existed during the summer months with cruise ships. In this sense the July data are positive, as there have been a total of 22 scales of cruises compared to the 16 that were recorded last year.

At present three ships have weekly stops at the Port of Malaga, which are the Pacific Dream (Pullmantur) and the Adventure of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) and Louis Majesty, of Louis Cruise Line. Also can be highlighted the shipping company in Malaga, Costa Cruises, which every week brings several of their vessels. Another regular provider, the MSC will begin to operate more regularly from September onwards.

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Communications with the Costa del Sol improved with the entry into service of the rail line linking Malaga and Fuengirola, in the summer of 1975.

On August 1st, the railway was launched with 70 trains daily, with a frequency of every half an hour and about 50,000 seats in total. The convoys stopped at seven stations: Málaga, San Andres, Golf Camp Golf-Benítez, Torremolinos, Arroyo de la Miel, Los Boliches and Fuengirola. The line consisted of 31 kilometers. Of the seven stations, three were underground stations (Malaga, Torremolinos and Fuengirola).

The train, which made its way in a little over forty minutes, was working from six in the morning until eleven at night. The prices were set ranged between 13 and 33 Pesetas for single trips and between 20 and 58 Pesetas for a return ticket during the same day.

The advantages of the electrified railway Málaga-Fuengirola were highlighted by the press of the time. Thus, in the edition of SUR of July 31st, 1975, was explained that the railroad would entail “a relief to the heavy traffic on the Costa del Sol.” The information added that among the qualities of the train were “speed, smoothness and the absence of noise.”

The new terminal at Malaga Airport receives the first waves of tourists.
The new T-3 is only four months old, but appears to be running since years. This is the sensation of many passengers passing through the new terminal at Malaga Airport, which this weekend has lived it´s second major summer flood of tourists. During the first, at the beginning of July, the airports installations exceeded during the task.

According to Aena (Spanish Airports) sources, there was no major incident, nor in the T-3 or in the rest of the facilities.
So far, “operational normality reigns not only in the new terminal, but throughout the airport.” To keep things like this “we continue to work daily, with the aim that the first or last image that has the visitor retains on his retina of this splendid destination is one of satisfying and unforgettable memories.”

Between the 1st and the 4th of July, the first major holiday output operation, passed through Malaga Airport 239.850 passengers on 1.434 flights operated in this period, representing a 11.76% more landings and takeoffs that in the same period of last year, and a increase of 12% in the number of users, according to forecasts by the airlines.

Not surprisingly, the airport Malaga this summer will offer direct connections to 24 more destinations than last season and airlines have announced a 10.6% increase in the number of seats.

The High Speed and Long Distance Train Services with higher demand are those that are destined for the Spanish coast and in a special way, the trains that connect the interior with the Costa del Sol.

Months for tourism, increase of seats. This is the proportional rule put in practice in Renfe, the Spanish railway, coinciding with the start of Summer.

The AVE services connecting Madrid to the Costa del Sol and Malaga are among the most demanded by customers, which will have 33.500 additional places for travel between Madrid and Malaga during the summer months.

The total number of seats offered for sale by Renfe for all services provided between Madrid and various cities in Andalusia is 1.4 million over the summer.

The direct AVE trains linking both Malaga and Seville with Barcelona will also have reinforcements.

The reinforcement in trains also attends the traditional mobility that occurs at this time in Andalusia, on trains connecting Seville, with Cadiz, Cordoba and Almeria and the connection Granada-Algeciras.

Moreover, Renfe offers several beach trains in its Middle Distance service to facilitate transportation between inland locations and different beaches during July and August. In the south it reinforces the connection from Cadiz to Seville with an additional train all weekends and public holidays.