At present there are only two terminals which severs the airport, the construction of the third terminal is currently going on. The ground used by the earlier American air base is been utilized for the third terminal, which is placed in the southern area of the present airport. The third novel terminal is planned to handle the various intercontinental flights.

An automatic train connects the two existing terminal which is being looked after by Skyline.

Local transport

Train

In the area of the airport two different train stations are being placed. One is the Regional bahnhof station which is an underground station whereas the other station is placed above the ground and is acknowledged as Fernverkehrbahnhof. S-Bahn trains as well as regional trains leaves from the Regional bahnhof and connect the airport with the central station of Hauptbahnhof positioned in Frankfurt. There are many trains as well that connects the airports with Hanau, Offenbach, Rüsselsheim, Wiesbaden and Mainz. No more than the intercity trains as well as the high-speed ICE train have a halt at Fernverkehrbahnhof and further connects Frankfurt with Cologne, the time required to complete this journey is almost one hour.

Car and bus

The airport is located at a distance of approximately 12 km in the southwestern region of Frankfurt at the (Frankfurter Kreuz) traffic circle of highway (Cologne-Munich) A3 and (Hannover-Basel) A5. The way out from the airport is plainly shown (“Flughafen”).

The majority of buses makes a way outside the airport, deports right in facade of the egress of the Terminal 1. There are loads of bus lines, in addition the most significants are: bus line 61 that connect the airport with Südbahnhof located in Frankfurt, line 900 that connect the airport with the station Oberhausen as well as bus 73 that connect the airport with Kelsterbach. There is a unique ferry bus which connects Darmstadt with Lufthansa, the buses preserves the fast service to Heidelberg, Hahn Airport, Mannheim as well as Strasbourg.

No more than bus lines 61, 73, 975 and 68 have a halt at Terminal 2, even though, Terminal 1 is easily reached by means of the Skyline in hardly 2 minutes.

Frankfurt Airport Car Hire

In terminal 1 as well as terminal 2 there are booths for 6 car rental agencies: Avis, Alamo, Budget, Hertz, Europcar and Sixt. You can as well book a rental car much in advance by utilizing the service “Easy Terra Provides”, they evaluate the charges of various providers in merely one quote.

Taxi

A number of taxis are available just outside the main Arrival Hall at both of the terminals. A journey from the airport to Frankfurt takes just about 20 minutes devoid of traffic as well as the charges are approximately €20.00.

Airport Parking

Huge parking lots are been established at both of the terminals. These parking lots have direct entry facility inside the airport. To reach Terminal 1 go after the sign post that leads to P1 throughout P5 as well as to arrive at Terminal 2 go after the sign pots that lead to P8 and P9. In parking lots P1, as well as P4 and P5 as well there are a number of places kept reserved especially for the female travelers. The charges at the parking lot are €1.50 for initial 30 minutes and €3.50 for each hour after that and a highest of €22.50 for each day, parking costs for one complete week is €112.50 and after that there are no charges for the second week is free, after day each day you are charged €5.00 for each day.

Services

Hotels

The Sheraton Hotel located in the region of the airport is well-connected to the Terminal 1 by a pathway. Hotels which are positioned close to the airport are as follows, Comfort Inn, NH Frankfurt Airport, Mercure Airport, Steigenberger Airport Hotel and NH Hotel Rhein-Main.

A number of hotels in Frankfurt city have a ferry bus association with the airdrome. You can come across these ferry buses just outside of the Terminal 1’s Arrivals Hall A as well as just outside of the Terminal 2’s check-in Hall.

Shops and restaurants

Frankfurt Airport has a widespread range of snack bars, stores, cafés as well as restaurants which are placed at both of the terminals. Apart from the normal contributions, there is amongst various other things, there is a whole supermarket. You can discover the á la carte eatery (“Connection Bistro”) which is located on the 2nd level of the Terminal 1 in the Area B.

Baggage

Luggage managing at this airport is tremendously well-organized. In each and every luggage hall there is also a counter for the misplaced luggage. For the additional lost as well as found articles you can approach the window on Terminal 1 at the first floor. An extraordinary service for the wadding of huge articles, in not just the boxes but also the crates, can be located in Terminal 1’s Arrivals Hall B and Terminal 2’s Arrivals Hall E. Porter services are also available near this counter.

Disabled facilities

The airport is extremely easily reached for all of the disabled travelers. There are wheelchair access ramps, telephones, adjusted restrooms as well as counters for check-in. At terminal 1 as well as terminal 2 there are parking lots which are especially kept reserved for the disabled travelers as well as in addition the Skyline is available for the wheelchairs. There are many exceptional waiting rooms as well specially for all of disabled passengers. Behinderten und Krankentransport Kaster is the company who looks after the transportation facility of the disabled travelers to as well a from the airport.

The airport is turning out to be growing well-liked as an entrance to Southeast as well as East Asian cities, with direct flights to cities such as Bangkok, as well as Singapore, and also Beijing, plus is the biggest European entrance airport to the region of Middle East owing to its nearness to the area. It is famous for its frequent venture in revolutionary expertise. The airport is as well A380 prepared, having been qualified by the Federal Aviation Administration as well as the European Aviation Safety Agency.

Athens International Airport is situated in between the townships of Koropi, Markopoulo, Spata and Loutsa, almost 20 km in the east of Athens city hub (30 km by roadway, owing to the superseding hills.

In year 2008, the airport managed almost 16.466.479 travelers. In year 2005 as well as 2006, the Airport was honored with the Skytrax award for being the “Best Airport in Southern Europe.”

Car Parking

The airport management possesses a huge space which is allotted for the parking of vehicles. The space houses almost 4,800 cars. The Car parking for a small amount of time is made available in P1 as well as P2 parking lot which is placed just in the exterior of the main terminal’s arrival hall. The Car parking for maximum amount of time is made available in P3 parking lot. This lot is connected to the main terminal center by the means of pedestrian bridge as well as shuttle bus service. Parking in the parking lot is free for almost 20 minutes.

Car Rental

Avis, Europcar, Budget, Hertz, Sixt and National/Alamo are all symbolized. They are situated in Main Terminal’s arrival.

Public Transportation

Rail

The airport is connected with the Athens Central Railway Station (Larissis) as well as the harbor of Piraeus by means of the Suburban Rail system. Metro services are as well functional between the airport as well as the city.

Road

Many bus routes link the airport with Piraeus with Athens on a daily basis, 24 hrs. A few connects with the metro. 2 KTEL express services go connecting the airport as well as RAfina and also Markopoulo. KTEL services as well runs to Lavrio, as well as Kalyvia and also Keratea; coaches disappear from the Arrivals echelon of the Main Terminal, close to door 5.

Taxis

Taxis can be hired just from the exterior of the Arrivals section of the Main Terminal.

Airport Facilities

Money and communications

The Main Terminal has bureaux de change, banks, automatic exchange machines as well as ATMs, also a post office. Courtesy telephone services are situated throughout the airport.

Eating and drinking

The majority of restaurants as well as bars are placed in the Main Terminal.

Shopping

Shops, which are concerted within the Main Terminal, includes duty-free shopping.

Luggage

Left-luggage as well as lost property offices are situated in the Main Terminal’s Arrival. Porter services are available 24 X 7.

Other facilities

Various other facilities take account of the first aid, as well as urgent situation medical services, baby rooms as well as children’s playing area and a pharmacy.

Facilities for Disabled Travelers

Amenities at the airport consist of effortlessly available and text telephones, adapted footpaths as well as lifts for visually-impaired travelers, disabled toilets, devoted check-in counters as well as relax areas, Braille signage, lifts, tactile flooring, as well as an alarm arrangement to alert hearing-impaired and the visually travelers in any emergency case. Electric cars are obtainable to convey disabled travelers from one terminal to other. There are almost 90 disabled spaces for vehicle parking in the airport premises. Disabled travelers should notify their airline of whichever special support requisite, previous to take a trip.

Hotels

The Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel is sited at the side of the Terminals. Various other hotels as well as restaurants are accessible on the coastline approximately 6 miles away from the airport, as well as there are many hotels in the city that provides quality accommodation.

The shape of the airport terminal is hexagonal throughout which travelers are merely required to walk very little distances, in the centre, the space for parking is provided. To house the increasing amount of the travelers, a second lengthened terminal A1 has been constructed. The main structure sited between both the terminals is named as “Boulevard Tegel”.

Local transport

Train

The airport is not directly connected by means of underground metro or trains; the nearest metro station is Kurt Schmacher Platz which is connected by bus line 128.

Car and bus

The distance of the airport from the city center is approximately 8 km and is served by the highway A11 (Autobahn). This road connects the huge ring road in the region of Berlin (A10) with the inner city ring road (A100). The road to the airport is noticeably specified on each and every road.

Subsequent to every 10 mins the JetExpressBus TXL makes its way from the airport to towards the Central Station situated at Alexanderplatz. The X9, an additional fast traveling bus, connects the airport with the Berlin Zoo metro station. Buses 128 as well as 109 connects airport with a number of metro stations as well as the city train stops.

Car rental

At the doorway of parking space P2 are booths of car rental companies the popular ones are Budget, Avis, Europcar, National Car Rental, Sixt and Hertz. You can as well book a rental car much in advance by utilizing the service “Easy Terra Provides”, they evaluate the charges of various providers in merely one quote.

Taxi

Taxis are easily found at the terminal A1 as well as the parking space. The ride from the airport to the city center is charged around €30.00.

Airport Parking

The hexagonal terminal’s middle space is the parking space for the short-span. The parking charges for the initial 15 mins at the PK is €1.00 and later it is charged €2.00 for every 15 mins. The parking lot number P1 as well as P2 charge €4.00 for the initial hour, later charges €8.00 for the second hr as well as €2.50 for each hour after that, these parking spaces are placed close to the airport’s terminal also P5 charges €95.00 for the entire week as well as €155.00 for almost 2 weeks, P5 is planned for long-standing parking. There is other place as well for long-standing parking at the space that was planned for the 2nd terminal; as the airport is going to shut down the second terminal, as it would not be constructed.

Services

Hotels at Berlin Airport

In the region of the airport you will not locate any hotels. In the neighboring area you can find a number of hotels, the popular ones are the Novotel Airport, Plaza Hotel, Holiday Inn Esplanade and Hotel Intercontinental.

Shops and restaurants

The airport premises have very few stores which include a duty free store as well as a souvenir store also an Esprit shop placed close to the Hugo Boss. There are almost 4 snacks corners as well as 5 restaurants.

Baggage

The lost and found luggage is to be collected or submitted, at a single window. You can store your luggage at the same window and from the same place you can hire porters to fetch your baggage. This window is located at the central hall’s building within the airport service center.

Disabled facilities

Tegel Airport is extremely handy for the disabled passengers. At the airport you will find wheelchair slopes, adjusted elevators, as well as restrooms and various telephone services. Wheelchairs are obtainable; also in parking space is especially reserved in P2 parking lot for the disabled passengers.

Other services

Approximately each and every service is to be found in the region of the Central Hall, there are money exchange offices, banks, as well as ATM’s and also a post office. The First Aid station is as well found inside the Central Hall. There are wireless internet connections obtainable in the whole terminal.

Train links link the airport with Grenoble’s centre.

The airport managed almost 474,083 travelers in the year 2008.

Car Parking

The car parking space made available by the airport management houses almost 500 cars. The parking lot is place in the exterior region of the main terminal. The initial hour of parking is not charged.

Car Hire

Car rental facility is offered by Avis, Hertz, National/Citer and Europcar.

Public Transport

Taxis

Speak to the information desk placed within the main terminal building for taxi bookings as well as enquiries. Transports to Grenoble or even to the various ski resorts in the region, can as well be booked from Abcibus, Premiere Class Transportation or VIP Limousines.

Bus

Transisère manages a shuttle service that connects Grenoble Airport with Grenoble Coach as well as the Train Station that match up with each and every planned flight at the airport. Services for both the ways are hourly all the way through the day. The company as well proffers services to Alpe d’Huez, 2 Alpes, Chamrousse, Prapoutel and Villard de Lans. AGBus functions on a daily basis listed services to Bourg St Maurice as well as Moutiers and also to Lyon.

Airport Facilities

Money and communications

At the airport you will not find any banks as well as any braches, even though there are several ATMs placed in the terminal building. A post box is also obtainable.

Eating and drinking

A bar as well as restaurant serving snacks as well as food and hot as well as cold drinks are obtainable in the terminal building.

Shopping

There are many stores at the airport, which includes the Relay news agent which is a duty-free store and also a sports shop which sells winter sports fashion as well as various sports equipment.

Luggage

At the airport’s terminal building you will find services for lost and found luggage. Various other amenities which are obtainable within the boarding lounges are Baby care, a first aid room etc.

Conference and Business Facilities

The airport provides you VIP lounge as well as meeting rooms which can be hired in advance.

Facilities for Disabled Travelers

The airport has high-quality convenience. There are different toilets which are especially reserved for the wheelchair users. The disabled travelers are also provided with reserved parking space as well as unique rise access to each and every section of the airport.

Hotels

In the region of the airport you will not come across any sort of hotel nor restaurants. The various hotels in the city which is at a distance of 20 kms are Grenoble Nord Voreppe, Saint Etienne D Saint Geoirs, La Thoudiere, Résidence Central’Gare, Hotel Kyriad Voiron and Grenoble.

Terminal 1 is famous to the inbound and outbound passengers residing in the city and was built during the first half of 20th century. This terminal was opened on 16 September 1937. Terminal 2 was formally opened on 27 December 2006. It was opened with the symbolic arrival of Bulgaria Air flight FB 408 that comes from Brussels. This terminal was among the major projects in Bulgaria that was made to obtain funds from EU ISPA programme. The terminal holds 7 air-bridges and 38 check-in desks. It has 50,000 square metre of area with a car parking space where 820 vehicles could be parked.

Expanding the infrastructure of the airport is under process that has been completed till now. Infrastructure also includes artificial lake and also a fountain. The airlines ticketing offices, tourist and car hire desks, banks, post office and cafes all could be found in the public area of Terminal 2. Terminal 2 was planned specially to serve the disabled passengers. From one terminal to another a disabled passenger has got facilities like multi-storey car park with lifts and escalators.

The airlines that operated from this airport are Aegean Airlines, Aeroflot, Aerosvit Airlines, Air France, Air Malta, Alitalia, Alitalia that operated by Air One, Austrian Airlines, Tyrolean Airways operated Austrian, British Airways, Bulgaria Air, Cyprus Airways, Czech Airlines, EasyJet, El Al, Germanwings, Hamburg International, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways, Lufthansa Regional which was operated by Eurowings, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Niki, Olympic Air, Swiss International Air Lines, TAROM, Turkish Airlines and Wizz Air or Wizz Air Bulgaria.

The airport also operated charter services like Air Moldova, Air Via, Atlasjet, BH Air, Bulgaria Air, Bulgarian Air Charter, Donavia, Donbassaero, Monarch Airlines, Nouvelair, Pegasus Airlines, Rossiya, Sky Airlines, SunExpress, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways. With this some cargo flights were also operated by the airport like Cargoair, DHL Express, TNT Airways and UPS Airlines that operated by Farnair. Overall these flights made the airport one of the well-known and best.

One can reach to the airport from the centre of the city and the bridge will lead you ahead from the centre point of the city. All you need is to drive to the Tsarigradsko Shose Boulevard and then follow the signs on the road to Christopher Columbus Boulevard. Then what you will reach to the airport without any Hassels. Between the two terminals a free shuttle runs to serve the travellers. Hire a car from any of the companies at the airport and reach to your destination.

Car parking spaces are also available in front of the old terminal building. Multi-level parking garage is also connected to the departures area of the new terminal that provides 820 parking spaces. Besides car, bus and Taxi services are also available at the airport for the travellers. Frequent transportation services are there for the passengers to go wherever they want at the city. For any information one can head to the information desks located in both the terminal buildings.

Airport offers all basic facilities like for money and communications there are banks, bureaux de change, ATMs, post office and wireless Internet access are available. For eating and drinking there are restaurants, a pizzeria and a self-service area where international dishes, sandwitches, salads, soft drinks, beer and wine could be found. Other things are also available at the bars. YOy can try shopping at some shops. Duty-free shops are also there to cater the huge number of passengers. Facilities like lost and found luggage’s are also there in the airport. With this some other facilities are also available like first aid and doctor.

For conference and business facilities you can head to the ‘Sofia’ Business Class Lounge situated on the second floor of the passenger terminal which is in the transit area of the Departures hall. Disabled travellers get good facilities at this airport as Terminal 2 was designed to suit their reqirements. For assistance, disabled traveller should contact the airline. For accommodation you won’t get any hotels in the airport but you will get some good hotels in Central Sofia.

If you get time at the airport then visit some major attractions of Sofia like Boyana Church, Rila Monastery, Central Sofia Synagogue, Vitosha Mountain, Alexander Nevski Church, The Routunda of St George and many other worth visiting sites. Try some activities at Vitosha Mountain which is a famous tourist spot of Sofia and just get chilled out there.