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Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS)
Tel: (04) 42 14 14 14 or 42 89 09 74 (flight information). Fax: (04) 42 14 27 24.
Web site: www.marseille-provence.aeroport.fr

Marseille-Provence Airport, located 80km (50 miles) southeast of Avignon, has two terminals; terminal one is international while terminal two provides domestic flights. The airport serves 80 destinations, including Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, London, Paris and Rome.

Major airlines:
These include the French national airline, Air France (tel: (0802) 802 802; web site: www.airfrance.co.uk), Alitalia, British Airways, Lufthansa and Sabena.

Airport facilities:
Include left-luggage, pharmacy and 24-hour medical facilities, banks, bureaux de change, ATMs, shops, bars and restaurants, post office, tourist information, VIP salon and car hire from Ada, Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and National.

Business facilities:
The business centre (tel: (04) 42 14 27 74) in hall four, terminal two, provides internet, fax and telephone facilities, and several small meeting rooms. The salon panoramique in terminal one holds 150 people.

Transport to the city:
There are regular shuttle buses (navettes) to St-Charles SNCF railway station (tel: (04) 95 04 10 00; journey time - 25-30 minutes), from where there are direct links to Avignon (journey time - 50 minutes). Taxis from the airport (tel: (04) 42 14 24 44) to Avignon should cost about FFr900 (journey time - 30 minutes).

Avignon-Caumont Airport (AVN)

Tel: (04) 90 81 51 51. Fax: (04) 90 84 17 23.

Avignon-Caumont Airport is small but located just eight kilometres (five miles) from Avignon. Direct flights to Paris (Orly) dominate (accounting for 128,829 of the 132,118 passengers in 1996), but there are also flights to St-Etienne and Cherbourg and connections to major French cities. Another route to Paris (journey time - 1 hour 10 minutes) is from Nīmes Arles Camargue airport, only 20 minutes from Avignon by taxi.

Major airlines:
Air France.

Airport facilities:
These include a shop, bar-restaurant, car parks and car hire from Avis, Budget, Hertz, Citer and Europcar.

Business facilities:
None.

Transport to the city:
Taxis to Avignon city centre cost about FFr150-200.

Approximate flight times to Marseilles-Provence and Avignon-Caumont:
From Paris Orly is 50 minutes; from London is 2 hours; from New York is 8 hours 45 minutes; from Los Angeles is 11 hours 45 minutes; from Toronto is 9 hours 30 minutes and from Sydney is 24 hours 50 minutes (plus transfers).

Arrival/departure tax:
None.



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