Victoria Parking Barcelona Announces the Grand Opening of its New Parking Facilities At El Prat

Victoria Parking is currently preparing the details for the opening of its new parking area at Barcelona airport, in close proximity of El Prat airport.

As is well known, this new service will offer parking in Barcelona, just minutes from the airport and with an airport service included.

With this service comes a parking space at Barcelona airport at a price significantly lower than the car park at the airport itself.

This service is especially useful for people who are traveling by plane and need to use their vehicle to get to the airport, unable to leave it any where else other than at the airport's car park facilities.

Victoria Parking has an extensive enclosed private parking area, under 24 hour surveillance, 365 days a year.
The price, besides being very cheap, includes a service to the airport, i.e. taking you from the car park to the airport and vice versa.
Make sure you have a safety car park when travelling from Bracelona El Prat.
It might take some time to find a budget and safe car parking at Barcelona Airport in peak saison (summer, Christmas, Easter).

Victoria Parking (victoria-parking.com) is a company that forms part of the Group of Companies Victoria Rent a Car , car hire in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia ... of national prestige.

Victoria Rent a Car is renowned within the private parking service industry at airports; and this is confirmed by their valet parking at the airports in Alicante and Valencia.

EL ALTET AIRPORT GROWS BOTH IN SIZE AND PASSENGERS

The president of German airline TUI, Michael Frenzel, visited the new terminal of the El Altet Airport in Alicante last Monday. This new terminal, which should be finished in March 2011, will double the capacity of the airport.

Frenzel was shown around the new terminal by the director of El Altet, Santiago Martínez-Caba, who gave him a thorough tour of the new installations.  Martínez-Caba pointed out that the work was on Schedule.  (TIU also has a division for cruise liners, and they are studying the port of Alicante as a possible port of call.)

The enlargement of El Altet is costing 670 million euros which are being paid by the central government of Spain.  The number of travellers using the airport is forecast to increase from 12.2 million passengers a year to some 20 million. El Altet will grow in size to 333,5000 square metres, six times bigger than its present size.  The number of check in desks will increase from 53 to 96, and passport control points from 17 to 32.  The number of boarding gates will triple, from 5 to 15.

The car park will also grow, from 64,606 square metres to 122,5000, enabling 4,200 cars to be parked there.

The new terminal looks very monumental, with its 20 domes, 8 floors, arrival and departure lounges and 46,000 square metres.  The boarding area will have 7,624 metres space for commercial purposes, and 26 boarding gates.

Also, AENA have incorporated a new automatic system to check luggage, which will speed up and improve security checks.

All this is just after El Altet ends the best summer of its history, with a record number of flights using its installations.  Ryanair is one of the carriers which has brought the highest number of passengers to the airport.

El Altet was the fifth busiest airport in Spain over the summer months of June, July and August, after Gran Canaria, Madrid, Barcelona, and Malaga. August was the busiest month, with over one million passengers passing through El Altet.

The Ministry of Public Works plans to hire an army of staff to become hostesses, pilots, passengers, signalers, waiters  etc for the new terminal.

The opening of new airport of El Altet will, on the other hand, signifies the closure of two existing terminals for subsequent reform.  It was initially planned to connect the T-1 and T-2 with the new building, but the crisis has forced the architects to reconsider, and it has been decided that the new terminal building is large enough to deal with the quality and speed of today's traffic.

Despite the increase in air traffic in August, the number of British travellers went down b y 8%, which has been blamed on the crisis. Spanish travellers increased by 8.2%, many travelling on the new cheap flights offered by Ryanair. This airline, and Air Berlin were also responsible for increased traffic to Germany (101,080 passengers) and the Norwegian passenger increases, which are about to overtake the Netherlands and Ireland.

The shops and restaurants which will be opening in the new terminal include: Burger King, Quique Dacosta for top quality cuisine, Valor Chocolates and Rodilla Sandwiches. El Corte Ingles will be selling shoes and toiletries. There will also be a Swaroski Jewellers. 

Re: Sixt Announce Special Sale on Car Hire in Spain

Sixt rent a car have announced a very special end of summer sale that will take place this weekend. Car hire customers will be able to enjoy savings of up to 20% on all Sixt's popular Spanish locations including Malaga Airport, Alicante Airport and Palma Majorca Airport.

The sale will only be available this weekend from Friday at 6pm to midnight on Sunday and will include all of the Sixt corporate network in Spain. Amongst the fantastic offers is the Smart fourtwo available from just €12 per day.

Sixt are one of the leading car hire companies in Europe and are rapidly expanding across Spain with the most recent addition to the growing branch network opening at Valencia Airport this week. With a high quality fleet of cars along with award winning customer service Sixt are a popular choice for both tourists and locals alike.

The Sixt fleet consists of vehicles from the worlds leading manufacturers including Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen. Regardless of the size of car hired renters in Spain can be assured of a top quality car.

Another aspect of the Sixt proposition that has proved to be very popular with hirers in Spain are the fair fuel policies that are in place. Whilst many suppliers of car hire in Spain charge for prepaid fuel Sixt give their customers the option to return the car with a full tank in order to avoid and additional charges.

The discounts are applied automatically to all cars booked online this weekend at Sixt branches in the following locations: 

• Majorca Airport
• Bilbao Airport
• Barcelona Airport
• Alicante Airport
• Valencia Airport
• Madrid Airport
• Seville Airport
• Malaga Airport

Cars can be booked online at http://www.sixt.co.uk.

About Sixt rent a car 
Sixt AG, with its registered office in Pullach near Munich, is an international provider of high-quality mobility services. Founded in 1912, the company operates in around 100 countries. Sixt is the market leader for car rentals in Germany and Austria and one of the biggest manufacturer-independent full-service leasing providers. The Sixt Group generated a turnover of € 1.6 billion in 2009 and employs nearly 3,000 people worldwide