Car hire Southampton International Airport

Visitors to Southampton Airport UK (SOU) are confronted with history everywhere they turn, from the runway supposedly built on an ancient Roman villa site to the Supermarine Spitfire model honouring the location where the plane was first tested in 1936. Southampton Airport UK (SOU) currently serves as southern England's busiest airport and major budget car rental hub.

The airport's single terminal greeted nearly two million visitors from 22 direct destinations throughout Europe and the United Kingdom in 2008 alone. On the left hand side of Southampton Airport UK (SOU)'s main concourse are the check-in desks.

On the right of the main concourse lies the Arrivals hall. The main concourse also features a Travelex bureau de change, a baby care room, a first aid room, and ATMs. A conference centre with the most modern equipment can be used for business meetings.

Reading material, clothing, duty free goods, electronics, and games are just a few of the items available for purchase at the shops of Southampton Airport UK (SOU), while hungry passengers may help themselves at the airport's self serve restaurant and bar, located at the main concourse's arrivals end.

Recently, a new budget car rental reception desk opened adjacent to the terminal building of the airport, where visitors searching for cheap car hire at Southampton Airport UK (SOU) may select from 43 vehicle varieties from five well known cheap car hire businesses. Southampton itself, along with the neighbouring cities of Portsmouth and Winchester, is just a brief drive away by cheap car hire at Southampton Airport UK (SOU).