Helicopter Transfer Malaga to Gibraltar

The transfer from Malaga to Gibraltar measures only around 61 nautical miles along the Andalusian coast, a distance perfectly suited to travel by helicopter. A refined machine such as the Airbus H130 is well matched to the route, tracing the sweep of the Costa del Sol at an altitude that keeps the Mediterranean and the mountains of the hinterland in constant view. The flight takes only minutes and neatly avoids the coast road, which in high season can turn what should be a short hop into a lengthy and unpredictable drive. Departures are arranged from Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport, where guests transfer directly to the aircraft and are airborne over the resorts of Torremolinos and Marbella almost at once. Gibraltar, the destination, is the storied British territory guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean, its great limestone Rock rising sheer above the strait. Visitors are drawn to the Barbary macaques that roam its upper reaches, the network of tunnels bored through the Rock over centuries, and the views that on a clear day stretch across to the coast of North Africa. This route suits business travellers with interests in the territory, cruise passengers joining or leaving a ship in its harbour, and holidaymakers combining the Spanish coast with a visit to the Rock. With Gibraltar’s own runway subject to the vagaries of wind and its road border occasionally congested, arriving by helicopter offers both speed and certainty, delivering passengers to their destination without the delays that so often attend the overland approach.