The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade through its Institute of Tourism Studies (IET) has revealed that for the first three months of 2011 El Altet- Alicante Airport carries on being in the top 5 Spanish airports for LCC (low cost carriers). In total, over 550,000 passengers used low cost airlines.

At the top, Barcelona´s El Prat has seen its low cost passengers reaching 1 million, which represents an increase of over 39 per cent.