Popular Airport | Thessaloniki - Makedonia Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 1085 Km |
You can easily get to Leos Janacek Airport from Ostrava city center in a short time by taxi or by renting a car. If you prefer a more cost-effective means of transportation, you can either take a bus or train departing from the city center
There are four international companies serving at the airport, but there are many car rental companies in the city center including local ones. To get to the airport from the city center, you must follow the highway 58 and follow the airport signs. Keep in mind that you must have a driver's license with international validity. If your driver's license is not suitable, you can also rent a car with a driver.
From the city center, you can take a taxi to Leos Janacek Airport and reach the airport in twenty minutes under normal traffic conditions. It is easy to find a taxi in the city center but if you want your hotel can also arrange a taxi for you.
The S4 train line departing from the city center goes to the airport and leaves its passengers in the station next to the Outbound Passenger Terminal. You can get your ticket on the train.
Bus lines 910 333, 820 150 and 880 670 departing from the city center go to the airport. The first two lines are taking the passengers to front of the Outbound Passenger Terminal, and the 880 670 line is taking them to the Outbound Passenger Terminal. Tickets can be purchased on the bus from the driver.
There are regular flights to the capital Prague from Leos Janacek Airport, 20 kilometers southwest of the city center. The airport has a café, a bistro and two bars. You can also find snacks here. You can shop at the duty free store and at the market. If you would like to take advantage of the lounge service, you have to pay 420 Czech Koruna. You should remember that people with inappropriate clothes and behavior and drunk are not admitted to the lounge. You can take advantage of free Wi-Fi service at the airport is for four hours.
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.
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.
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.
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.