Malaga Airport review by Janet Lowers

2 July 2008   Customer Rating :

I and hundreds of fellow passengers waited for between 2/3 hours to get from the departure area to the boarding gates on Friday 27th June. My own flight (Easyjet 8606) had a delay of about an hour, which was a mild inconvenience to me, but the standing time left me in a lot of discomfort, as I have a lymph drainage condition. There were many elderly/disabled/children/unwell, tired and fed up people, in the queue, so obviously tempers were frayed at times, resulting in lots of arguments. There was no information available, as to why there were delays. However, people at the back could access information from the departure area and then tried to push through so as to not miss their flights, causing more mayhem. The whole experience was upsetting and frightening, leaving one wondering what might have happened in an emergency.

Malaga Airport review by John Herbert

27 September 2007   Customer Rating :

The rental car return point has changed, the entrance is clearly marked, but you must follow the signs to either basement level -1 or -2. It is not apparent that you must do this. Do not leave your car in the bays that are still currently marked with your renters name as you drive into the car return centre on floor zero. Also the new drop off point is in what is refered to as Car Park 1 and is now some walk from the main terminal building so do allow extra time. This new layout has been in place since 13th Sept, but due to appalling organisation, information and signage was still creating chaos when I dropped my rental car off on 25th Sept.

Malaga Airport review by M Eftekhar

14 May 2007   Customer Rating :

Until its construction is over (perhaps 2010) make sure your bags have wheels, trolleys are nowhere to be found, and if you are going to parking T1, don't forget boots gloves and a construction hard hat. How they allow the public to park there in middle of construction. But Malaga is great place.

Malaga Airport review by John Oram

7 March 2007   Customer Rating : n/a

Recently arrived from and returned to STN over a 5 day period. Overall AGP works very well though I'm glad I saw it in March. It could be hideous in July. Construction suggests that it plans to cope well in the future. For now, it seemed a very long walk from the arrival gate to the baggage hall. Baggage arrived quite quickly as it turned out but the televisions did not seem to indicate either its arrival or location so we just guessed where it was. On departure the check-in hall although busy worked well through sensible allocation of desks. Security was rather brusque but still not the TSA. Waiting for the flight was quite pleasant with plenty of seating though I'm glad I got my breakfast just ahead of the rush.

Malaga Airport review by Kevin Penfold

12 June 2006   Customer Rating : n/a

We used Malaga airport very recently, it was my first time back here for 20 years. Nothing much has changed. Old fashioned , compared to UK airports, but its still very efficient. Major building works, still in their early stages , make this airport look very untidy. Im sure it will be up to date within the next few years. Still it works well, but reminds me of the typical Spanish airport of the eighties.

Malaga Airport review by Mike Preston

2 April 2006   Customer Rating : n/a

I flew out of Malaga on a Transavia flight. Taking the train from Malaga RENFE to avoid the traffic on approach to the airport due to the construction was a wise move, as the total transit time from town to standing in the check in queue was less than 20 minutes. All the queues in the horribly crowded check in area were long but orderly and moved at a reasonable speed. I probably waited 10 minutes. Security was surprisingly fast but didn't seem very efficient. The catering facilities are pretty poor, beer and chips mainly but that may be a response to perceived customer needs. I shudder to imagine what this airport must be like in peak season, and I will certainly try in future to fly in and out of Granada which has a small number of international flights.

Malaga Airport review by Holger Thiele
29 January 2006

Be advised that construction works are carried out to the outside of AGP terminal ! Traffic gets re-routed so take extra care to watch for signs. As said before, the larger hall, which is adressed to as Terminal 2, is quite boring being built to cater for masses of holiday charter flights. To the left of the check-in counters is the connecting corridor to Terminal 1 which is much quieter and where you´ll find those shops & restaurants mentioned by the previous poster. When spending your time there, make sure to return to T2 security in time, as waiting times can be significant. Operations will improve significantly once the extensions to the facilities (incl. a second runway) will be finished. There is NO Underground station; the train station for Malaga or Torremolinos/Fuengirola is open air and located past the parking structures across the access road. "Under the Terminal" i.e. "below Arrivals" is the place where rental car companies have their counters. To get to these, make sure to make that right turn leaving the baggage belts, before exiting the secure Arrivals area.

Malaga Airport review by Harry Mark
6 November 2005

Instead of going through security when you check in, walk along towards the domestic terminal. There is a bar (La Tasca) and restaurant there which have a more Spanish flavour. These both overlook the runway and are considerably less crowded than the perpetual scrum upstairs. There is also an outside seating area near the check-in desks, a paper shop and a souvenir outlet. In between terminals there is even an art gallery! On the down side there is a "Burger King" here also.

Malaga Airport review by Andrew Bennett
2 November 2005

Malaga was certainly working near to capacity yesterday (see previous comment) - check in very slow, all lonuge / departure areas horribly crowded and noisy, plane (Jet 2 to Leeds) 25 minutes late taking off despite being ready to go well on schedule. Also no clear indication about which terminal to head for before you make your own (inevitably wrong) choice.

Malaga Airport review by M Bolivar
24 October 2005

I have used Malaga airport several times. The number of destinations served are really big, you can go almost everywhere in Europe, but is mostly a non-spanish airport. Sometimes is hard to hear spanish speaker in the terminal. I don't know the exact number of international passengers, but for sure is way bigger than the amount of national passengers. AGP is working out of its capacity in peak days. Check-in is slow, the good point is that weight control is not so strict in here. Pre-boarding areas are just fine, with lack of windows, what makes the waiting a bit boring looking how other people get into the plane while you're waiting. Baggage claim area is always busy, and it's easy to look for your suitcases in a conveyor full of bags from 3 flights. When you come from a non Schengen flight, your luggage is in a small belt, separated from the others, really dirty and slow. Security is ok. Lack of nice duty-free shops, and restaurants are always busy.

Malaga Airport review by Jorg Ludewig
20 August 2005

Unless you fly IBERIA check in at Malaga requires some patience, as usually no more than two desks per airline are opening 2 hours before departure. So be very early and/or patient. The check in itself is uncomplicated. Excess luggage was no question and security-check was very fast. Best is to have a PRIORITY PASS Membership to have access to the Sala Vip Lounge. Very quiet and comfortable. The public shop/food area is usually super crowded during summer time and pretty noisy. Staff in the shops is very friendly and besides being crowded, hardly any lines at the cashiers.

Malaga Airport review by Jacqui Booty
5 July 2005

We've just returned from Malaga and whilst the arrivals lounge was absolute chaos, coming home wasn't a bad experience. The only thing is that there are no shops, except to buy coffee, until you've checked in and gone through so if you need a paper to read, get it before going to the airport. Check-in desks don't open until about 2 hours before the flight unlike some at Gatwick where you can get rid of your bags early. The ladies loo in the main departures before check-in either have broken locks or no loo roll. We got ripped off by the taxi driver who didn't put his meter on and charged us 35 euros to go to Fuengirola, someone else was charged 45 euros for the same trip so beware.

Malaga Airport review by Karim Moukaddem

4 June 2005

Please note that it is cheaper to arrange for a taxi to pick you up than take one from the taxi ranks in the airport (if possible). That´s because only Malaga taxis can use the airport taxi ranks and have higher stipulated fares than taxis in surrounding towns. The fare for Malaga - Torre del Mar for example is €52.00 if you go to the taxi rank. I made an arrangement beforehand for a local cab to wait for me and was charged €42. If you are a first time flyer to Malaga it might be difficult to arrange that, otherwise it is worth a try.

Malaga Airport review by Susan Paterson

13 April 2005

Caters pitifully for the typical Brit abroad. I spoke in Spanish to several airport staff; they replied to me in English. I couldn't find anything Spanish to eat in the cafeteria, just chicken and chips, and cabinet upon cabinet of booze. Where sweets and gum would normally be kept beside the cash point, instead I found alcohol miniatures. The first thing I found on rounding the corner to the departure lounge was an Irish pub. The Malaga - Fuengirola train link could be more frequent too and perhaps include an underground passenger link to the airport rather than a motorway flyover. Not the most Spanish experience but I suppose it's catering for a market that doesn't care much about that.

Malaga Airport review by Kristian Karacsony

7 February 2005

AGP is not among the quickest and/or most effective airports I have visited. There were three available check in counters displayed for our flight, of which two were managed by the same person, and one left unattended. Although we were almost the only ones standing in line, it took us a good 15 minutes before we could begin checking in. Security was not at it's best, the guards were engaged in a conversation of some kind at the time we passed the metal detectors. The airport terminal however, including the restrooms was clean and left nothing to complain about.

Malaga Airport review by Bert van der Honing

30 September 2004

To Colin Hesford about the taxi fares at Malaga airport. There is a very big brown sign just outside arrivals with exactly the amount you should pay. I´m surprised you missed that!

Malaga Airport review by Colin Hesford

30 August 2004

The taxi tariff is printed on the web page and is far different from the charges made by the taxi operators. Why are there no tariff boards at the airport as there used to be. Drivers are charging as much as double the rates published on the web page.

Malaga Airport review by G Boisvert

23 August 2004

The check in lines at Malaga are among the most pathetically slow I have ever seen. The line just jutted straight out from the desk - Disneyworld could teach them some tricks on lining up. Security line was short, but I noticed the guards didn't care if the buzzer went off or not. Add this to the depressing interior, and I'll try and avoid this airport in the future.

Malaga Airport review by J Engels

25 January 2004

A very clean and efficient "no thrills" airport. Underground station is right under the terminal and frequent trains would bring you to Malaga, Torremolinos or Fuengirola.

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