Popular Airport | Thessaloniki - Makedonia Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 815 Km |
Transportation to Airport from Iasi City Center
Iași Intl. Airport
Urban transportation network is very developed in Iasi and it is very easy to travel in the city by using the means of public transportation. However, there is no means of public transportation that you can use for travelling between the city center and Iasi Airport since the distance is only 8 kilometers. You can travel with a private car. You can also get on a taxi or rent a car in the city center for travelling to Iasi Airport. In addition, you can benefit from the transfer service offered by your hotel. You can use this service by paying a certain amount.
Taksi
Since Iasi isn’t a big city in terms of its surface area, taxi is one of the most commonly used transportation options. You can reach Iasi Airport by paying approximately 7-9 Euro. Taxis offer both fast and budget-friendly transportation to the airport from the city center.
Car Rental
If you want to have a more comfortable travel to Iasi Airport, you can consider renting a car. Local and foreign car rental companies that have offices in the city center and at the airport are Avis, Sixt, Europcar, Travis, Autoboca and Autonom. You can reach Iasi Airport in approximately 10 minutes by driving on the road Strada Moara de Vânt with the car you will rent in Iasi city center.
Airport Information
Iasi International Airport, which is located in Iasi city of Romania, is the fourth busiest airport of Romania in terms of passenger traffic. Iasi Airport, which is located 8 kilometers east of Iasi city center, can be reached from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, with connecting flights. Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport can also be reached from Antalya, Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen or Istanbul Atatürk Airport with Turkish Airlines, Pegasus and AtlasGlobal. Iasi Airport, which offered transportation service for approximately 11 million passengers in total according to the statistics of 2016, can also be reached from European cities such as Rome, Milan, Vienna, Barcelona, London and Brussels. In addition, Air Bucharest, Blue Air and TAROM airline companies have direct flights between Antalya Airport-Iasi Airport. At the airport which has three terminals in total, Terminal T2 is used for domestic flights and T3 is used for international flights and T1 is partially used since it is old. Some of the services that passengers can benefit from at the airport are ATMs and bank services, VIP lounges, duty-free shops, cafes and restaurants, car rental and transfer services.
Transportation to Thessaloniki City Center from Airport
Thessaloniki - Makedonia Airport
Thessaloniki, which has the most crowded population after the capital Athens in Greece, bears the traces of hosting three great civilizations throughout the history. It is possible to come across the traces the Roman Era on a street and see the magnificent Byzantine churches on another street as well as you can come across the historical artifacts of the Ottoman period in the city.
The city, which has become one of the most important attraction centers of the world today with the historical heritage, attracts people with its nightlife as well. The airport of the city was named as Macedonia Airport since the city is known as "Macedonia of Greece". Located in the southern part of the city, this international airport is only 14 kilometers away from the city center. In addition, compared to other airports, Thessaloniki Airport is preferred by many passengers since affordable flight tickets are available for transportation to Europe from the airport. Thessaloniki offers very limited alternatives in terms of public transportation options. You can reach nearly 80 points in the city only by bus.
In addition to the regular bus services, a bus allocated to tourists offers one-hour free sightseeing. Apart from the bus option, another transportation option in the city is to take a taxi. Other than the buses that depart in front of the terminal buildings of the airport, you can go on your journey by taking a taxi or renting a car from the offices in the terminal building.
Taxi
You can prefer to take a taxi if you don’t want to lose time and enjoy a comfortable journey in Thessaloniki that has limited transportation options. You can reach the city center after a taxi journey that takes about half an hour. It is also possible to book a taxi in advance through the website of Yattaxi, which is the contracted taxi company that provides taxi services at the airport.
Bus
Macedonia (Thessaloniki) Airport provides 24-hour uninterrupted bus services every day for the passengers it hosts at the airport. The buses 78, 78A and 78N, which you can take to reach the city center, run at different departure times. The bus number 78A departs once a day at 5 a.m.
The bus number 78 departs every 45 minutes between 5 am and 10 pm. The bus number 78N provides transportation to the city center between 22:30 and 04:30 from the night until the morning. Your journey by these bus lines that allow you to get to the city center and the railway station directly takes about 45 minutes.
Rent a car
The car rental option, which is not preferred so frequently compared to other options for transportation from Macedonia (Thessaloniki) Airport to the city center, is provided inside the terminal buildings. The car rental companies providing this service are Sixt, Europcar, Hertz, Cardelmar and Figame.