The demolition of Derby's much disliked (although vocally defended) modern-art bus station, taken in June, 2006. Bottom left is an Arriva bus, a Volvo Citybus double-decker with East Lancs '1984-style' body, possibly one of the 1991 built H??? GPF batch.

Alicante to Derby

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Alicante to Derby. From €135.84, fastest 5h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Alicante to Derby runs about 28 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 20:19. One passenger pays between €135.84 and €159.44, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 40m over 1,671 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€135.84 to €159.44

  • 171%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Alicante

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:12First departure
  • 20:19Last departure
  • 28Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €293.37Mon14
  2. about €240.27Tue15
  3. about €268.00Wed16
  4. about €271.54Thu17
  5. about €243.22Fri18
  6. about €250.89Sat19
  7. about €233.19Sun20
  8. about €164.75Mon21
  9. about €159.44Tue22
  10. about €171.24Wed23
  11. about €213.13Thu24
  12. about €197.20Fri25
  13. about €206.64Sat26
  14. about €190.71Sun27
  15. about €137.02Mon28
  16. about €135.84Tue29
  17. about €144.10Wed30
  18. about €165.93Thu1
  19. about €153.54Fri2
  20. about €158.26Sat3
  21. about €146.46Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Derby. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Derby for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Derby railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Alicante to Derby

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €162.9890 days
  2. €136.4360 days
  3. €115.1945 days
  4. €108.1130 days
  5. €146.4621 days
  6. €190.7114 days
  7. €233.197 days
  8. €268.003 days
  9. €293.371 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €108.11.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 171 percent. The dearest point is €293.37, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€293.37€108.111371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Alicante to Derby and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,671 km

1,623 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

348,901270,468

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

AlicanteAlicanteDerbyDerby
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,671 km against 1,623 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from EMA into Derby is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Derby

Settled in advance, so the ride into Derby costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Derby railway station

Most of the points near Derby railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Alicante to Derby

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Alicante to Derby?

The fastest journey from Alicante to Derby takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 51m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Alicante to Derby?

The cheapest fare from Alicante to Derby is €135.84, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €229.95. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Alicante to Derby?

The cheapest way from Alicante to Derby is by flight, at €159.44 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 42m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Alicante to Derby?

Fares from Alicante to Derby bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €108.11. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 171 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Alicante to Derby?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Alicante to Derby, at €159.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Alicante to Derby?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Alicante to Derby, at €108.11 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Alicante to Derby?

4 operators sell services from Alicante to Derby across 1 mode: Cyprus Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Thomsonfly. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Alicante to Derby?

Every service we sell from Alicante to Derby is direct, with around 28 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 40m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Alicante to Derby use?

Services from Alicante to Derby by flight leave from Alicante ALC and arrive at Derby EMA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Alicante to Derby?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Alicante to Derby allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Alicante to Derby on 13 September 2026: 1671 km of route against 1623 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €135.84, and 5h 40m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Derby a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Derby and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Derby in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Alicante reaches 231 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 3,667 km. Derby reaches 145 places in 32 countries, from 43 to 9,619 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Alicante

  • 231Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 58Operators

Arriving in Derby

Leaving Derby

  • 145Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 30Operators

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