Popular Airport | Gozo Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 4 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 3405 Km |
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Transportation to Airport from Abha City Center
Abha Intl. Airport
The total distance between Abha Airport and the center of the Abha city in Saudi Arabia is 26 kilometers. When you need to travel from the city center to Abha Airport, you can use taxis that are available at any time of day, regardless of the hour, or choose hotel shuttles, another common alternative.
The car rental companies in Abha provide the opportunity to leave the cars rented from the city center at the airport. You can also consider renting a car as an alternative to travel to the airport from the city center in Abha. What you need to be aware of before you consider renting a car is that you may need to book in advance.
It may be a little more difficult to find a rental car if you do not make a reservation before departing from Abha city center to the airport. Taxis, which you can take at any time of the day without booking, are quick alternatives in Abha.
Taxi
The taxis in Abha allow the passengers to easily travel to Abha Airport, which is named after the city. If you cannot find a taxi from the point where you are in the city, you can wait for a while or try asking your hotel to find a taxi for you. In Abha, taxi fares are determined by taximeters, but fixed charges may apply for certain routes. In this regard, you can get the most accurate information by calling the taxi companies and you can also choose a different alternative such as car rental to come to Abha Airport.
Car Rental
Car rental is one of the most comfortable alternatives to reach many points, including the airport, in Abha city. The rental cars offer an economical solution compared to the taxis especially for the passengers who will travel between different destinations. When you arrive at Abha Airport, you can park your car for a few hours or days in front of the terminal, or deliver it to car rental companies located in the terminal before you leave Abha.
Hotel Shuttles
The shuttle service, provided to guests by some of the hotels in Abha free of charge, is an economical way to get to Abha Airport from the city. Hotel shuttles also take your luggage from the hotel directly to the terminal and thus provide you a comfortable alternative for reaching the airport. If you plan to use the shuttles of Abha hotels, you can get information from your hotel's website or you can call the hotel by phone and book the hotel shuttle to reach Abha Airport from the city.
Airport Information
Almost all of the standard airport services are offered at Abha Airport, which welcomes passengers who wish to travel to the Abha City and its immediate vicinity on the border of the Asir Region of Saudi Arabia.
At hours when flights are being operated at the airport, you can get advice about Abha or on other matters you want to know from the information points, and enjoy local Saudi Arabian delicacies in cafés and restaurants.
You can also spend time at Abha Airport by buying interesting souvenirs or completing your currency exchange transactions. Families traveling with children from Abha Airport can benefit from areas such as the airport's child care room before or after their flights.
Transportation to Gozo City Center from Airport
Gozo Airport
There is a small heliport in Gozo, but it is closed to international flights. For this reason, for your travels to Gozo you need to fly to Malta Airport firstly and then get to Gozo by using one of the means of public transportation.
The distance between Gozo and Malta International Airport is 40.6 kilometers and travelling between these points lasts approximately 1-1.5 hours by public transportation and 30-35 minutes by private car. Taxis or buses you will see at the exit of Malta Airport terminal building are options you can use for your transportation to the city center. You can also take advantage of the car rental companies located at the airport. In addition to land transportation, you can also get to the city center from the airport by using marine transportation.
There are frequent ferry services from Malta Airport to Gozo ferry terminal and Cirkewwa ferry terminal. For current ferry services and fares, you can obtain information by visiting www.gozochannel.com.
Bus
Buses are the most practical and economical options for travelling from the airport to Gozo which is Malta's second largest island after the capital of Malta. It is possible to get to the city center from the airport in approximately 1-1.5 hours by using either shuttle buses operating under the airport transfer service offered by the airport or passenger buses operating in the city. You can get information about shuttle bus services from the bus stops located at the exit of the terminal building or from tourist information offices in the terminal building.
The bus named Airport Bus Shuttle goes directly to the Mgarr Gozo ferry station from Malta Airport. There are also shuttle minibuses with the same route, and the fare you need to pay to get on one of these minibuses is 20 euros. Another option is getting on the bus route 8 from Malta Airport, getting off in Valletta and getting on Gozo Ferry bus. The fare of the bus route 8, which goes to the capital Valletta and lasts for 30 minutes, is 3.47 dollars as of 2016.
There are 4 different express buses carrying passengers to Gozo from Malta Airport: X1, X2, X3 and X4. The bus X1 operating every 3-4 hours goes from the airport to Cirkewwa ferry terminal in Gozo and passes through the city center.
The bus route X2 goes to San Gilijan region, bus route X3 goes to Bugibba and bus route X4 goes to Birzebbugra. The bus route N11, which operates as the night version of the route X1, goes to Cirkewwa and Gozo.
Taxi
Most of the white taxis you will see after arriving at Malta airport and when you get out of the arriving passenger terminal operate under the airport transfer services and taximeters are available in all taxis. You can make your travel more economical as long as you get on a taxi working with a taximeter.
The fares of the airport taxis vary depending on the season. Different tariffs are applied for day and night. Travelling from the airport to Mgarr Ferry Terminal, the main ferry terminal of Gozo, by taxi costs about 25 euros; you can also go to Cirkewwa Ferry Terminal, another terminal, for about 32 euros.
Car Rental
Since Malta Airport is an international airport, it is possible to see world-famous brands such as Avis, Hertz, Thrifty, Budget, Europcar, Dollar, Sixt, Green Car Rental, Gold Car Rental, Active Car Rental and First Car Rental. With the car that you will rent at Malta Airport, it is very easy to travel to Gozo city center by following the signs and driving on Cirkewwa-Mgarr road. The travel, which is about 40.6 km, will last 1.5 hours.
