Popular Airport | Siauliai Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 8 hour |
Approximate Travel Distance | 6428 Km |
Since Dhaka is not a big city in terms of its surface area, it is very easy to use taxi, private car, rickshaw, bus and similar means of transportation in urban transportation or for travelling to the airport from the city center.
The names of the four main bus terminals in the city; Sayedabad bus terminal, Gulistan bus terminal, Gabtoli bus terminal and Mohakhali bus terminal. From these four terminals, there are direct bus services going to the airport. It is very cheap to use buses for travelling to the airport. It is only 5 Taka to take advantage of Dhaka buses. Throughout the city, the prices of bus tickets do not exceed 10 Taka.
The most popular means of transportation in Dhaka, where more than 400.000 rickshaws offer transportation service, are rickshaws also called three-wheeled taxis. They are divided into two as auto-rickshaw and cycle-rickshaw. The three-wheeled taxis called cycle-rickshaw are generally used for sightseeing just like bicycles. Auto-rickshaws are much faster than the other and much cheaper than normal taxis.
You need to pay 30-50 Taka for travelling with cycle-rickshaw for 15 minutes. The auto-rickshaws run by the CNG company also work with taximeter and the fares start from 25 Taka. It is both practical and enjoyable to travel to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport from the city center by using an auto-rickshaw. Tempo-rickshaws also offer transportation service and they are bigger than auto-rickshaws.
There are two types of taxis offering service in Dhaka and they have different fares. These are black and yellow taxis. The black taxis open their taximeters from 25 Taka. The yellow taxis are almost twice as expensive. With the taxi that you can get on in the city, you can get to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport in about 25-30 minutes. If you will prefer Airport Departure Taxi for your transportation, you will need to pay about 300 Taka for your transportation between the city center and Hazrat Shahjalal Airport.
It is possible to get to the airport from the city center in about 25-30 minutes by renting a car from one of the car rental companies that you can see almost in every part of the city. If you have an international driver’s license, you can rent a car by paying 3000 Taka for half-day use; you need to pay about 4500 Taka for full day use. You can get to Hazrat Shahjalal Airport by using Dhaka-Mymensingh highway (N3).
Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, which is the largest airport of Bangladesh, has a capacity of 15 million passengers per year. The airport is located in Kurmitola and 20 km north of the city center of the capital city Dhaka. Hazrat Shahjalal Airport, which is also known as Zia International Airport, has many facilities for passengers such as currency exchange, bank and ATMs, eating and drinking areas, tourist information offices and free internet access.
Because Šiauliai Airport is located only 7 kilometers away from the city center of Šiauliai, it is possible for you to arrive in the city in maximum 10-15 minutes. In order to go to the city, you can take the minibuses departing in front of the arrival terminal of Šiauliai Airport or use the taxis.
Minibuses are preferred more than the buses inside the city and for going to the city center from the airport, because Šiauliai is not such a large city. There are many minibus lines providing transportation to every corner of the city. The P1 minibus line is operated only between Šiauliai Airport and the city center, and the most central spots of the city are on its route: Maršruto gatvės: Radviliškio g., Aerouosto g., Lakūnų g. P1 airport minibuses take you to the city center of Šiauliai within 15-20 minutes.
The most convenient way of reaching the city center from Šiauliai Airport is doubtlessly to take the taxis. You can go to the city center of Šiauliai in 5-10 minutes with the airport taxis, whose price tariffs are quite reasonable. The only thing to do is walk towards the taxi stations which you will encounter as soon as you come out of the terminal. Another alternative is to call a taxi to Šiauliai Airport by contacting one of the private taxi companies which render transportation service inside the city. SMS Taxi, eTaxi Šiauliai, Euro Taxi and Šiauliai Taxi are among these companies.
Because there aren’t any branches of car rental companies at Šiauliai Airport, you firstly have to go to the city center and rent your car there. For this, you can go to the taxi stations which you can see easily when you come out of the terminal. You can also call the company from which you are going to rent a car and learn whether you can pick up your car from Šiauliai Airport beforehand. We recommend you to use the road of Dubijos in order to reach the city center from Šiauliai Airport in the shortest time.