Southampton Airport - Definition and Overview

Southampton Airport is the 11th largest international airport in the UK, near Southampton (actually in Eastleigh). Its IATA Airport Code is SOU. Southampton Airport is owned by BAA plc, which owns several other airports including the three busiest airports serving London.

Air transport

Southampton Airport serves the following destinations: (details as of August 2003)

Domestic:

• Alderney- Aurigny Air Service
• Belfast City - British Airways Citiexpress, Flybe
• Edinburgh - British Airways Citiexpress, Flybe
• Glasgow - British Airways Citiexpress
• Guernsey- Flybe
• Manchester - British Airways Citiexpress
• Isles of Scilly - Skybus
• Jersey - British Airways Citiexpress, Flybe
• Leeds-Bradford - Eastern Airways
• Newcastle upon Tyne - Eastern Airways
• Newquay - Skybus

International:

• Alicante - Flybe
• Amsterdam - ScotAirways
• Bergerac - Flybe
• Brussels - British Airways Citiexpress, SN Brussels Airlines
• Cork - Aer Arann
• Dublin - Flybe
• Geneva- Flybe
• Ibiza - Flybe
• Malaga - Flybe
• Milan - Flybe
• Paris - Air France
• Toulouse- Flybe

Ground transport

Southampton Airport is served by a dedicated mainline railway station, Southampton Airport Parkway, on the South Western Main Line from London Waterloo and Winchester to Southampton, Bournemouth and Weymouth, with a fast and frequent service to those places.

The airport is also located close to the junction between the M3 motorway and M27 motorway, giving easy road access to Southampton, Winchester, Bournemouth, Portsmouth and places between.