Southampton Airport (SOU)

Prior to March 2020, Southampton was the UK’s 18th-busiest airport with 90% of flights operated by Flybe. However, all Flybe flights were cancelled when the airline went bankrupt on 5 March 2020. The airport is the UK’s 22nd-busiest, and England’s 14th-busiest, airport as of 2023.

The airport is now served by 10 different airlines with flights to 19 destinations.

Aer Lingus fly to Belfast City and Dublin; Aurigny fly to Alderney and Guernsey; Blue Islands fly to Guernsey and Jersey; British Airways fly to Bergerac, Chambéry, Faro, Málaga and Palma de Mállorca; Chalair fly to Caen; Eastern Airways fly to Paris CDG; easyJet fly to Alicante, Belfast International, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow and Palma de Mállorca; KLM fly to Amsterdam; Logan Air fly to Edinburgh and Newcastle and TUI fly to Palma de Mállorca.

Facilities at Southampton Airport

Although it is only a small airport, it has all the amenities you would expect from an international airport including a few shops (including a WHSmith newsagent), a cafe, bars and a restaurant, a duty-free shop and a bureau de change.

If you have a Priority Pass membership or Silver or Gold status with British Airways you have access to the Spitfire Lounge, which offers a quieter spot to wait for your flight with free food and drinks.

Getting to and from Southampton Airport

The airport is easily accessible with direct train connections to Southampton Airport Parkway railway station from London and Southampton. The train station is directly opposite the airport terminal making the train a quick and easy way to get to and from the airport.

Uni-link bus route U1 runs every 15 minutes from the airport to Southampton city centre and the waterfront (via the university).