Operated By: |
Aeroporturi Bucuresti |
Website: |
www.bucharestairports.ro |
Terminals: |
1 |
This Review: |
Only Terminal |
Rating: |
OTP BUCHAREST TT0107 /221750 |
General: |
The main airport for Romania, home to the flag carrier TAROM and the key entry point to the country |
Appearance: |
The airport is quite small and cramped and getting there is time consuming as the roads are very busy |
Domestic
I have not arrived on a domestic flight at this airport
International
From the airbridge it’s a bit of a walk down to the immigration hall, which was very efficient and well staffed. From immigration it's down a long corridor until you enter into the baggage reclaim hall. From baggage reclaim it's a short walk under either a nothing to declare, or goods to declare, arch before exiting to the arrivals hall
Immigration was speedy and efficient
The large and quite light baggage hall didn't have very much seating - which given it took nearly 40 minutes for the bags to arrive was a bit of a problem
Rather than having customs halls there are a series of arches that you walk under to indicate whether you are or aren't declaring anything
From the airport there are regular buses to the city centre, that take around 60 minutes to make the journey - longer at rush hour
Domestic
I have not flown domestically from this airport
International
After checking in there is a security screening area just behind the checkin desks that then leads through to the passport control booths. From there you have to clear customs (not something I've ever had to do departing a country before), before walking up a ramp and into the main departures lounge which is large, but quite cramped.
A couple of small cafes airside and landside
A couple of small cafes airside and landside
Not much landside, several large restaurants airside
A couple of small shops landside, airside there is much more
The toilets were OK