Popular Airport | Targu Mures Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 10 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 5096 Miles |
The Edmonton International Airport is located only 26 kilometers from the Edmonton city center and there are many transportation methods you can choose. Shuttles and express busses are the most preferred options by the tourists, as they are cheap and fast transportation options. For more comfortable options, there are taxis and car rental companies. While it takes 40-45 minutes to get to Edmonton Airport from the city center by bus, with shuttles, taxis, or rented cars it takes approximately 30 minutes.
Express Busses
Express busses are very popular among the tourists as it is one of the most affordable and fast ways of transportation from the Edmonton Airport to the city center. Route 747 is the line from the city center to the Edmonton Airport, has several bus stops in the city for convenience, and is part of the Edmonton Transit System (EYT). This bus operates seven days a week and has a departure every half an hour. As of 2016, the one-way ticket price is 2,50 Canadian Dollars, monthly bus pass option is available and costs approximately 100 Canadian Dollars. No matter where you are in the city, it is very easy to get to the stops of the express buses by tram. You will likely arrive at Edmonton Airport in 35 minutes by taking this bus from the city center.
Shuttle
There are several shuttle companies in Edmonton city. For affordable and comfortable transportation, some of the shuttle companies are; Airport Sky Shuttle services, SunDog Tours Jasper Shuttle services, and Ebus services in addition to that, hotels provide shuttle services for their customers. You can either contact the related personnel of the hotel you are staying in for shuttle services or other shuttle companies for transportation. Pricing varies from company to company, the city center to Edmonton Airport transfer costs 34 Canadian Dollars with Ebus, and Airport Sky Shuttle company charges 11 Canadian Dollars for one-way transportation to the airport. From the city center to Edmonton Airport, it takes approximately 20-25 minutes by shuttle.
Taxi and Limousine Rental
Although taxis are popular, especially for inner-city transportation, limousines are not selected by many. If you do not have time for public transit or rush to catch your flight, it may be a good idea to use these options. If you call some selected taxi or limousine rental companies and request a ride to the airport, fixed price tariffs are applied for airport transportation. These companies are 24-7 Taxi (7804424444), Airport Taxi (7808907070), Co-op Taxi (7804252525), Greater Edmonton Taxi (7804623456), and Air Limousine (7809897090).
While the transportation is about 20-25 minutes from Edmonton city center to Edmonton Airport, it costs about 55 Canadian dollars by taxi and 66 Canadian dollars by limousine.
Car Rental
Car Rental companies provide comfortable, reliable, fast, and non-restrictive transportation to passengers who plan to stay in the city for a long time, and renting a car is usually the first option for those. There are many local and international car rental companies in Edmonton city such as Alamo (18772229075), Avis (18008792847), Budget (18002688900), Enterprise (18002617331), Hertz (18002630600), and National (18002277368). If you want to rent a car only to go from Edmonton Airport to the city center, you should start searching a day or two before your flight because most of the companies offer pre-booking discounts. From Edmonton Airport to the city center or vice versa is approximately 30 minutes by car.
Airport Information
Edmonton Airport is the biggest airport in North Canada and North Alberta in terms of the sum of acreage. The airport is located 26 kilometers southwest of Edmonton and is the 5th busiest airport. Approximately 8 million passengers used the airport in 2015 as it is an international airport, so it provides many services that the passengers may need. Popular restaurants and cafes in the airport are; Belgian Beer Cafe, Booster Juice, Boston Pizza, Brioche Dorée, Caffé Sorrentino, Chili’s Express, Euro Cafe, Gretzky’s Wine & Whisky, etc. Some of the shops in Edmonton Airport are; eğer A Flight of Wine and Spirits, Best Buy Express, Discover Alberta, Dufry Duty-Free, Indigo Spirit, iStore, Kids Works, etc. In addition to all these facilities, Edmonton Airport offers more, such as free Wi-Fi, post office, health polyclinic, playground for children, VIP lounges, tourist information desks, travel agencies, shuttle, and car rental services, exchange offices, banks, and ATMs, etc.
Tirgu Mures Airport, which is located 14 kilometers southwest of Tirgu Mures, is used for both domestic and international flights. The airport can be used to travel in Romania and to the neighboring countries. Passengers landing at Tirgu Mures Airport can benefit from the taxis which are very budget-friendly alternatives for travelling to the center from the airport. In addition to the taxis, it is possible to prefer one of the comfortable transportation alternatives such as car rental and private airport shuttle. After choosing your transportation vehicle, you can reach the city center in about 20 minutes. In the region, the traffic is not heavy in general. For this reason, you can travel to the center from Tirgu Mures International Airport in about 15-20 minutes.
When you land at Tirgu Mures International Airport, which is among the calmest airports of Romania, you can travel to the center by renting a car from one of the local or international car rental companies. If you make a reservation in advance, you can receive your car in a faster way. If you prefer renting a car from an international company like AVIS, you can make an online reservation for your car. Rental cars are generally delivered to the passengers at the exit door of Tirgu Mures Airport. Travelling to the center from the airport lasts about 15-20 minutes by car. You need to have all the necessary documents like your passport and driver’s license with you in order to receive your car at Tirgu Mures Airport without any problem.
Romania is much more budget-friendly compared to other countries of Europe. Taxi fares in the country are much more affordable compared to especially Western Europe countries. Since the distance between the airport and Tirgu Mures city center is short, the amount you need to for this travel doesn’t increase much if you provide your transportation by taxi.
If you wish, you can learn the average amount you need to pay by specifying your destination to the driver before getting on the taxi. In addition, you can reduce your transportation cost if you can find different passengers travelling to the same destination with you. This is one of the preferred methods for reducing the cost of travelling to the center. Thanks to their large baggage capacity, taxis are among the most preferred transportation alternatives by the passengers with heavy and much luggage.
You can use an airport shuttle, which is more budget-friendly than taxi, for travelling to Tirgu Mures city center from the airport. The shuttles, which start operating at early hours of the morning, carry passengers to the center from the airport until the evening hours. You may need to make the payment according to the currency of the country. For this reason, you need to stop by a foreign exchange office before leaving the airport terminal and have Romanian Leu which is the local currency of the country. If you need to use an airport shuttle with 8 or more passengers, you can make a reservation in advance for a shuttle private for your group by contacting one of the shuttle companies offering service at Tirgu Mures Airport.
Using the shuttles of the hotels located in Tirgu Mures is one of the economic transportation options that you can use for travelling to the city center from the airport. Every hotel in the region doesn’t offer airport shuttle service. Before your travel, you can choose a hotel offering a hotel shuttle service and have a comfortable travel to the center in this way. You generally need to make a reservation in advance in order to benefit from this option. If you haven’t made a shuttle reservation, you can call a service by phone after landing at the airport. However, if you don’t want to wait, you can prefer other alternatives like taxi.