Transportation from the City Center to Borg El Arab Airport
Borg El Arab International Airport (HBE) is an international airport located in Alexandria, Egypt, serving the city of Alexandria as well as the neighboring cities of the Nile Delta.
Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt after Cairo. With its strategic location on the Mediterranean coast, it is one of Egypt's most important trade and tourism cities. While the city attracts business people for its oil refineries, petrochemical complexes and agricultural products grown on the fertile soils of the Nile Delta, it also attracts tourists with its ancient Greek and even more ancient artifacts.
The distance between the city center and the airport is approximately 50 km. but there is no public transportation option that covers this distance. Instead, you can take the air-conditioned buses of Egypt Bus company, which covers this distance. Buses of this company depart from Muharram Bek Bus Station, which is approximately 5 km from the city center, and the journey takes approximately one hour.
Flights depart almost every two hours for 24 hours. You can buy your bus ticket from the Egypt Bus box office at the bus station, or you can buy it online from the company's website.
https://egyptbus.com/schedule_rev
You can take any taxi you see in the city to go to the airport, or you can ask the reception of your hotel to call a taxi for you. It is also necessary not to ignore the fact that taxis try to get more money from tourists in Egypt in general, but especially in touristic cities.
Therefore, you can use the Uber application, which is frequently and safely used in both Alexandria and Cairo, to go to Borg Al Arab International Airport from the city center.
Thus, you will have the chance to make an economical journey much safer than the normal taxi fare. Your journey to the airport, which is approximately 50 km away, takes an average of 50 minutes by passenger cars.
Transportation from Wellington Airport to Wellington City Center
Wellington International Airport is located in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Since Wellington is a very organized and big city, it is very easy to reach the city center.
The most economical way to reach Wellington city center from Wellington Airport is to use the express buses that depart from here 7 days a week. The journey starts at the stop marked AX outside the airport terminal building and ends at Wellington Train Station in the centre.
Buses departing every 10 to 20 minutes, reach the last stop between 25 and 35 minutes, depending on the traffic situation. Free internet service, USB charging units and luggage storage areas are standard on buses. You can pay for the bus ticket in cash, by Snapper card or by contactless debit or credit card. You can find the departure times and stop information of the bus on the official website.
If you have landed from your very long Wellington flight and want to get to your hotel quickly, the best solution is to take a taxi. Taxi stands are located on the ground floor of the main terminal building, outside the baggage claim area. If you take exit G, you will immediately get to the taxi stand. The airport is approximately 8 km from the city center and the average journey time is between 20 and 30 minutes depending on traffic flow and time. You can pay the taxi fare with cash, credit card or EFTPOS. There are 4 taxi companies authorized to take passengers at the airport. These companies are: Wellington Combined Taxis, Kiwi Cabs, Hutt & City Taxis and Ekocabs.
Right next to the same taxi stand, there are shuttles to transport crowded groups or those who are looking for a more economical way of transportation than a taxi. It is also possible to make an online reservation before your trip to these services, which you can use without the need for any reservation. In this context, you can pay the fee in cash or by credit card in person, or by credit card through the application. The contact information of the Super Shuttle company that provides this service is as follows: 0800-748885
In Wellington, you can safely call a vehicle from the Ola and Zoomy applications, apart from UBER, and meet with your driver at the meeting points specially designed for these vehicles at the airport. In addition, hourly car rental applications such as our MOOV, Mevo and Cityhop are waiting for you in their private parking lots.