Bucharest - Henri Coanda

Operated By:

Aeroporturi Bucuresti

Website:

www.bucharestairports.ro

Terminals:

1

This Review:

Only Terminal

Rating:

2 1/2 star - Acceptable. Service could do better but met minimum standards
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BUCHAREST
TT0107 /221750

 
Review created: 04/11/2017;
Last updated 04/11/2017

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

Inbound

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

Outbound

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