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As you'd expect at Portugal's main holiday hub airport - Faro, both scheduled and charter flights head into Faro Airport in their droves. From the UK and Ireland alone almost all airports offer some flights to Faro Airport and the Algarve, including Manchester, London Airports, Dublin, Shannon, Cork Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton. Numerous other flights head into Faro Airport from elsewhere in Europe, including Paris, Barcelona and Munich. The choice of cheap flights to the Algarve via Faro Airport couldn't be better from the UK and Ireland. For cheap flights to Faro Airport and the Algarve contact Iknow-Holidays Ltd booking line direct, or check the Cheap Flights Algarve weblink right for the best budget flights to Faro Airport.
Approximate Transfer Times from Faro Algarve Airport are - Albufeira 60 minutes, Praia da Oura 50 minutes, and Vilamoura 30 minutes. Faro 10 minutes, Tavira 46 minutes, Moncarapacho 30 minutes, Monte Gordo 1 hour, Vale do Garrao 30 minutes, Vale do Lobo 35 minutes and Quinta do Lago 35 minutes. If your Algarve Central or Eastern accommodation is particularly luxurious, with extra services, they may well offer free transfer from Faro Airport to Alvor or other Algarve accommodation locations. Check with your Algarve accommodation for details. This free transfer service is increasingly becoming an extra perk!
An enormous number of Airlines fly into Faro Airport, serving the Algarve for both Scheduled and Charter flights. The Algarve is as popular as ever with British and Irish holidaymakers.
Also on the Faro Algarve Airport website you can view the various destinations flying direct to Faro. It's a useful reference this as you can see whether the nearest UK or Ireland Airport nearest you has direct flights to Faro and the Algarve - most Airports including smaller ones such as Bournemouth, London Luton, Liverpool and Shannon do! That's alongside regular cheap flights to Faro from the big ones like Manchester and London Gatwick.
As there's so much choice of budget flights to the Algarve, it's well worth shopping around and the best way to do that is to refer to a cheap flight comparison website. One of the best is Openjet (weblink right). Or phone iknow-holidays booking line direct for assistance. If you're thinking of spending just part of your holiday on the Algarve, and say another part on the Portuguese island of Madeira, then it's easy to do from Faro Airport. You can fly from Faro to Madeira, and a new direct service from Faro on the Algarve to Madrid, the Spanish capital has just started operating. A similar service also operates from Faro to Girona.
Faro Airport is well organised indeed. For passengers with mobility issues needing assistance, you'll need to organise this through the airline who will then organise wheelchairs if needed. If your luggage is lost, report this immediately to lost luggage desk, and to your airline desk if there is one at Faro Airport. You need to do this immediately you discover the fact, and the same if your luggage is damaged.
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