Popular Airport | Athens Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 30 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 768 Km |
Transportation to Airport from Konya City Center
Konya Airport
You can reach Konya Airport, which is located in Selçuklu District, from the city center by HAVAŞ shuttles, taxi and rental car, or you can also get to the airport by your car driving on the highway.
Taxi
You can reach Konya Airport by taking a taxi from anywhere in the city center. Depending on the traffic density, you can use your time in a more economical way by taking a taxi, which is the fastest option you can choose, compared to other alternatives. In this sense, the taxis, which provide a 24-hour service, can be a good choice for you.
HAVAŞ
You can also get to Konya Airport from the city center by HAVAŞ shuttle buses. You can reach the airport after a journey that takes about 30 minutes by HAVAŞ shuttle buses. You can find out the departure times of HAVAŞ buses departing from Anıt Meydanı (Anıt Square) by visiting the website of HAVAŞ. It is also important to keep in mind that the buses depart from the city center 2 hours before the plane take-off times.
Rent a car
You can get to the airport by the car you can rent from the car rental offices in the city center in addition to the car rental offices in the terminal building. Once you reach the airport by the rental car you can rent from the central offices of Budget, Hertz, AVIS and Enterprise companies, you can deliver it at the offices in the airport building.
Airport Information
Domestic and International terminals serve in one building at Konya Airport. Inside the terminal, there are the offices of car rental companies, three cafés where you can spend your time while waiting and four shopping stores as well as a bank ATM.
Konya Airport, which has two runways and a medium-sized parking area, is also among the airports awarded for "Green Building Certificate" by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in 2015.
Transportation to Athens City Center from Airport
Athens Intl. Airport
The capital of Greece, Athens, is one of the cities that informs much of today with its history and culture, and for this reason attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Over 15 million visitors pass through the only airport of Athens, Elefterios Venizelos International Airport. It’s possible to reach Athens centre, located 20 km away from the airport by metro, train, taxi, rental car, and bus.
Bus
Elefterios Venizelos International Airport is one of the airports with the most convenient methods of reaching the city centre. You can reach the central locations of Sintagma Square, Athena Academy, and Agios Fanourious by taking the X95 from the bus stops located in front of the airport administration building. The journey to the city centre should take around an hour. Once you are at the 16th stop, Evangelismos Hospital, you can take either walk, or take the 732 bus for three stops, to reach Sintagma Square.
You can also reach various areas in Athens from the airport by taking buses 54, 608, 622, 732, and 815.
Train – Metro
There’s been a recent switch in Athens from Greek to Latin alphabet for station names, however the Latin alphabet is not yet used everywhere. This is why it’s probably a good idea to keep an idea of how many stops you need to go when using public transport. You should pay attention to this detail is you take the train from Venizelos Airport to the centre.
The M3 line goes all the way to Sintagma from the airport. Sintagma is the 15th stop. Once you’ve reached Sintagma Square, the home of the Greek Parliament, then you can reach Omonia, another important centre, in just 3 stops by taking the metro. There is also a train line going directly to Port Pire from the airport.
Taxi
It’s possible to reach everywhere in the city by taking a taxi from the airport, however the fixed fare is only applied to Sintagma, Monastiraki, and Omonia. The good conversation of Athenian taxi drivers can be an additional bonus.
Car Rental
You can explore the various areas of Athens and Greece by renting a car at Venizelos Airport. The airport does offer its own car rental service alongside the many car rental agencies. Once you’ve rented your car you should travel 9km along the A64 and then join up with the Attiki highway. This will take you directly to centre of Athens.
