Popular Airport | Siauliai Intl. Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 6 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 4925 Km |
You can reach Quaid–E–Azam International Airport from Karachi city center by using a bus or minibus. However, using a means of public transportation can make you lose time even though it is the most affordable transportation alternative. If you decide to use a faster transportation vehicle, you can get on a taxi. Renting a car is another option.
There are many car rental companies offering service in the city center. Most of them are local companies. In Pakistan, traffic is generally heavy and complicated. For this reason, tourists are advised to rent a car with a driver by contacting a reliable company. You can get help from your hotel about this issue before your travel. You should drive on the highway N5 and take the Jinnah Terminal Road in order to reach the airport. You can get to Quaid–E–Azam International Airport in about half an hour under normal traffic conditions by following the airport directions.
It is possible to reach the airport in approximately one hour by getting on an airport bus in the city center. One-way ticket price of these buses is 50 Pakistani Rupee per passenger. There are also minibuses carrying passengers to the airport from the city center. These vehicles are cheaper but tourists may be charged higher amounts. In addition, minibuses are very crowded. For these reasons, buses are more preferred by foreign visitors.
Travelling to the airport from the city center lasts about half an hour. You should bargain over the fare before getting on any taxi. The cost of travelling to the airport from the city center is about 300 – 500 Pakistani Rupee.
Quaid–E–Azam International Airport, which is known as Jinnah International Airport shortly, is located 14 km east of the city center. There are foreign exchange office, ATMs and baggage rooms at the airport. In addition, there are restaurants and cafes where you can try local tastes as well as the delicacies from the world cuisine. You can do shopping at the stores where you can find various products specific to Pakistan like carpet and rugs. There is also a duty-free shop at the airport. There is a mosque near the airport parking area. Although there is not any hotel within the building, you can stay at Ramada Plaza Hotel located 1 km of the airport.
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.