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Flying into here again for the first time since it opened (usually stick with Almeria). It was a bit of a disappointing airport last visit, after all the fanfare of opening. Have the on site facilities improved at all, or is it still a bigger, emptier version of San Javier?
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Hi. When you say facilities, what do you mean? There are no Burger outlets etc like ALC. There are toilets, Subway, Costa, small duty free, and a WH Smith.
Flew out of there yesterday, arrived 30 min's prior to flight, picked up Cigarettes at duty free (cheaper than tabac) boarded and travelled home.
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For me Corvera is fabulous - no queues, compact so no long walks and has all I need at an airport. What's not to like?
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We use an airport shuttle transfer service, so it gets us there in plenty of time. Last time, there was a WH Smith type outlet, a small duty free shop and and sandwich shop after passport control. Just hoping there was something a bit more to do nowadays, but sounds not. A shame really as the big intentions for the airpirt haven't materialised, although, at least it opened!
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It's moved on a bit since your earlier visit. There's an excellent cafe on the ground floor as you enter. They do basic refreshments - you can sit outside too which is useful.
Upstairs, having gone through security and immigration there are 3/4 more shops including a duty free and another coffee etc place. This is a Costa which is well named, it's twice the price of the one on the ground floor.
I think there's a gift shop or two, but never used them.
But enough for us and lot's of space, so it's to find a quiet corner to read etc.
I liked San Javier, but prefer Corvera and hope their number of carriers and desinations is extended. Binter fly to the Canaries, but most oddly they charge massively more for non-Spanish Nationals to do so. I'm surprised this doesn't contravene some unfair EU discrimination legislation? The difference is very substantial.
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So, just back today. Still a shame to see so ma y unused gates, although 3 in use today with 1 Easy jet and 2 Ryanair. Still the same shops that were there before, although the story told to me today is that there are pams for a shopping centre in the terminal, question is, who will use them? I was surpised to see a TUI flight to Ostend, didn't realise it had an airport. Still easy to get in and out of with minimal queues.
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