As we discovered on Saturday morning, the difference between getting a taxi at Bucharest’s Otopeni Airport now and getting one before the rules changed on February 1st is that there is no difference. At least not in any real sense. The information we publish about arriving at Bucharest’s airports in Bucharest In Your Pocket and [...]
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Bucharest Otopeni Airport Taxis (Part 1: To the airport)
Our first trip since the new rules and regulations regarding taxis to and from Otopeni Airport were introduced on February 1st, allegedly for our convenience.
Since that date, regular Bucharest taxis have been forbidden from entering Otopeni’s car parks, where they used to wait for clients who had ordered them (clients eager to avoid the Fly [...]
Bad News Day
Two snippets of information reach us today, neither of which is much good…
Firstly, after just six months, Aer Lingus is closing its Bucharest – London Gatwick route as part of a wider set of cutbacks in routes served from Gatwick (eleven routes in all are being cut).
No real surprise, as whenever we flew the route [...]
Bucharest’s Otopeni Airport: Free of Duty Free
Got this email this morning… I reproduce it as sent.
Hi Craig,
I don’t have your direct e-mail address, so I’m writing via the general office one.
Future editions of Bucharest IYP should warn unwary travellers departing from Otopeni/Henri Coanda Airport that there is no Duty Free Shopping at the airport.
After passing immigration & customs, in the departure [...]
Otopeni Airport: How to avoid Fly Taxi
The wealthy, or those who like to see monopolies thrive can ignore this post…
It is much easier than you think to avoid the monopoly held by expensive taxi company Fly Taxi at Otopeni Airport, Bucharest main airport. (Of taxis at Baneasa airport, stand by for a separate post).
Fly Taxi, to remind you, charges a whopping [...]