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The best way to find a cheap flight ticket from Barcelona to Alicante is to book your journey as far in advance as possible and to avoid traveling at rush hour.
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Fastest Journey
1 h 10 m
Average
1 h 10 m
Flights per day
5
Distance
407 km
Of the 5 flights that leave Barcelona for Alicante every day 5 travel direct so it’s quite easy to avoid journeys where you’ll have to change along the way.
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Distance | 252 miles (406 km) | |
Average flight duration | 1 h 10 min | |
Average plane ticket price | $69 (€61) | |
Direct flight | Yes | |
Airlines | Iberia, Air Europa, Vueling or Air Nostrum |
Flights from Barcelona to Alicante cover the 252 miles (406 km) long trip taking on average 1 h 10 min with our travel partners like Iberia, Air Europa, Vueling or Air Nostrum. There are direct flight services available. While the average ticket price for this journey costs around $69 (€61), you can find the cheapest plane ticket for as low as $45 (€40). Travelers depart most frequently from Barcelona El Prat Airport and arrive in Alicante Elche Airport.
Travel between Barcelona and Alicante from $45 (€40) with Omio’s flight partners Vueling Airlines, Iberia and Air Europa! You can find the best schedules and tickets when comparing and booking the most popular route for you.
Alicante, in the south-east of Spain, is an attractive, historic city with an atmospheric Moorish quarter, and the gateway to the resorts of the Costa Blanca, a Mediterranean coastline as popular with Spanish visitors as with foreigners. As a quicker alternative to a train journey, direct flights from Barcelona to Alicante deliver visitors to this sun-soaked corner of Spain in around one hour. There are frequent direct flights seven days a week with a budget airline. Departure times from early morning to early evening ensure it's possible to get on the beach before lunch or fly in for a dinner reservation. Indirect connections with one change en route are also available, increasing the travel options to Alicante.
The Spanish budget airline vueling offers frequent daily direct flights from Barcelona to Alicante. Although this is a short domestic flight down the Mediterranean coast, some indirect connections via Palma De Mallorca or Madrid are also a possibility, with services provided by Air Europa and the national carrier Iberia, which offers flights operated by its affiliate airline Air Nostrum.
Direct flights with vueling are the fastest option for the 407 kilometer trip south-west along the Mediterranean coast from Barcelona to Alicante, with most services taking one hour and ten minutes to reach the southern city. Early morning vueling flights take five minutes longer to complete the trip. The fastest indirect flights to Alicante from the Catalan city are Air Europa connections via Palma de Mallorca, which take two hours and 40 minutes to reach Alicante Elche Airport. Iberia connections via Madrid take upwards of three hours and 15 minutes with some indirect flights taking more than four hours in total.
The vueling budget airline schedule offers five direct flights from Barcelona to Alicante from Tuesday-Thursday, four flights on Sundays and Mondays, and three flights on Fridays and Saturdays. Departure times usually include morning, afternoon and evening options. There are 15-16 daily indirect flights from Barcelona to Alicante requiring one change in transit, with take off times available from early morning to early evening.
Departure Airport: Barcelona El Prat Airport is situated about 12 kilometers south-west of Barcelona city center, connected by metro trains on the L9 Sud line or Aerobus express services, taking around 30 minutes to reach the airport from the center. Facilities at the terminal include long and short stay parking lots, international restaurants, tapas bars, luggage storage, business lounges, children's play areas, cafes and free WiFi.
Arrival Airport: Alicante Elche Airport is located nine kilometers south-west of Alicante city center, with local buses offering connections to the center, to Elche or to several Costa Blanca resorts along the coast. Facilities at the airport terminal include car rental desks, a convenience store, a pharmacy, duty-free shopping, a book store, business amenities, free WiFi and taxi stands.
Flights from Barcelona to Alicante generally leave from Barcelona El Prat Airport and arrive in Alicante Elche Airport.
Barcelona El Prat Airport is 14.5 km away from Barcelona city centre and Alicante Elche Airport is 15.3 km from Alicante city centre.
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