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Ibiza
The airport of Ibiza (IBZ, LEIB)
At the beginning of the Sixties the age of tourism began on the islands
of Ibiza and its little sister Formentera. First there were mainly hippies,
artists and dropouts who came to see the islands, today sun-seekers,
divers and clubbers visit the islands. Despite this massive tourist rush,
both islands were able to keep their slightly extravagant image. World
famous for its club scene and its characteristic style of fashion, Ibiza is
known as the party island. Ibiza‘s airport accelerated tourism on both
of the islands.
In the early Seventies, planes of the LTU (Fokker and Caravelle) stood
next to planes of Iberia and Aviaco on the apron area of the airport.
Back then a single building with a bar and a beautiful palm-garden
was sufficient for a terminal building. However when the planes beca-
me larger (Tristar, DC10 etc.) and brought more tourists to the island,
the decision to build up the new terminal building as we know was
made. In 2009 further development of the airport terminal began.
The large water surfaces close to the airport are salt beds. These water
pools are filled with seawater that is dried by the sun and leaves the
salt deposited in the bed ready for collection. Formentera doesn‘t have
its own airport, and tourists and locals travel there by ferry. All plans
to build up a small airport failed. Only in case of an emergency when
there‘s no possibility for transport by boat, a helicopter can land on a
car park in front of a supermarket in the main village on the island or
at he harbor.