Popular Airport | Francisco Bangoy Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 10 hour 40 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 8603 Km |
Known as the city of tolerance in Turkey, Hatay is also known as Antakya. Urban transportation is usually provided by bus, minibus or taxi in Hatay.
Transportation to Hatay Airport, which has domestic and international terminals, is also provided by HAVAŞ shuttle services. The shuttle services depart from the opposite of Atatürk Park, the city center. HAVAŞ shuttle services are arranged according to the landings and departures of the airplanes.
If you want to enjoy an easier and more practical journey, you can reach the airport by taxi. You can easily get a taxi in the city center.
There are the offices of car rental companies at Hatay Airport. You can also leave your rental car at these offices, once you arrive at the airport.
Hatay Airport is 25 kilometers away from Hatay city center. Iskenderun and Reyhanlı, the other important districts of Hatay, are 45 and 41 kilometers away from the airport. The airport, which was opened in 2008, was also announced as Air Border Crossing and thus opened to international flights.
There are flights to Cyprus as well as the major cities such as Istanbul and Ankara. There are direct flights to Dusseldorf city of Germany from the airport, where Turkish Airlines (THY), Pegasus and Borajet arrange flights.
At Francisco Bangoy Airport, taxis are extensively used by the passengers to go to the city center. Those who want to use the public transportation vehicles can prefer the sympathetic Jeepney minibuses, which are specific to the city with stops outside the airport. Car rental companies at the airport, which are open for 24 hours, help those who would like to go to the city with a private car.
Picking up passengers from the airport all day and helping them arrive at the city center comfortably, taxis are driven by educated and honest drivers. The drivers are not open to bargaining on the fare tariff, but they answer your question honestly when you ask them how much you are going to pay on average for the city center.
You can go to the city center more economically with the Jeepneys, which emerged as a result of the transformation of the old jeeps and the minibuses into public transportation vehicles in Davao. However, you have to come to the main road, which is so close to the airport that you can reach there in 5 minutes by walking, in order to take the Jeepneys.
If you would like to rent a car, you can head for the offices of Avis or Europcar at the airport. You can rent a car of any brand and model you wish from the car rental companies for a certain while, where documentation procedures are significantly practical. You should be careful not to exceed the time limit of delivery when you are renting the car for a long time. You may have to pay an extra amount to the companies, which are sensitive in this matter.