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Palma Airport is located just 8 km east of the city of Palma de Mallorca. It is the third busiest Airport in Spain and for a brief period over the peak summer months actually becomes the busiest one. Palma de Mallorca airport was previously known as Son Sant Joan Airport or Aeropuerto de Son Sant Joan. Palma de Mallorca Airport is the gateway for the millions of tourists who visit the island. The airport is a hub for German carrier Air Berlin. The airport can handle 25 million passengers per year, with a capacity to dispatch 12,000 passengers per hour. Despite a decline in passenger numbers at the airport following the September 11 attacks in 2001, numbers have risen steadily since 2001. Palma de Mallorca Airport handled a total of 22,832,865 passengers and 193,357 flights in 2008. The highest percentage of passenger traffic is from Germany, followed by Spain and Great Britain. The most important connections are to Barcelona and Madrid-Barajas, with over one million passengers, and Düsseldorf and Manchester, each of which handles over 700,000 passengers per year. By nationality, Germany accounts for the largest number of passengers, followed by Spain and the United Kingdom. Palma de Mallorca airport is a very large modern airport with a main terminal building which has four boarding modules off. They are really terminals in themselves with their own shopping areas, places to eat and arrivals and departures halls. Future plans include an increase of the passenger capacity to 32 million passengers in 2010 and to 38 million passengers in 2015. Car rental company office is on the ground floor in the public arrivals area of the main airport terminal. You will probably find it cheaper to rent a car direct from Palma de Mallorca airport rather than waiting until you get to your holiday resort.