A couple of days ago we went to meet Mrs. Bucharest Life at Otopeni Airport, and while waiting (the flight was late) we got thirsty. Being an airport we knew we would be paying over the odds at the kiosk in arrivals, but even so, we were shocked by the price they were asking for [...]
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New Bucharest airport cancelled: Did it ever really need one?
Bucharest will not be getting a new airport anytime soon, according to this report published by a local news agency yesterday. While news that the Romanian government had cancelled yet another major infrastructure project came as no surprise at all (last week the government was embarrassed into admitting that a major deal to build part [...]
Bucharest Otopeni Airport Taxis (Part 2: Getting to town)
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 & [...]