Transportation from City Center to Bengaluru Airport
Thanks to India's advanced transportation network, it is easy to reach Kempegowda International Airport from Bengaluru city centre. The most convenient and fastest vehicle for this is a taxi. In Bengaluru, you can take a taxi with or without air conditioning, or if you are traveling as a single woman, you can take a taxi with a female driver. It takes 45 minutes under normal traffic conditions to reach the airport, which is 35 km from the city.
Uber and Ola app are also a frequently used mode of transportation in the city. You can make a fast and safe journey with the vehicles you call from this application. With this service, you can travel a distance of approximately 35 km in 45 minutes.
One of the most economical ways to reach the airport in Bengaluru is to take the airport bus, which departs from the BMTC Vayu Vajra stop. These air-conditioned buses, which you can take every day of the week, will take you to the airport in about an hour.
It is not possible to come to India and not take the train. You can take the busses departing from the city center to a stop close to the airport and take the airport shuttles from there. You can view the times of these trains on the airport's official website.
Another way to make this journey is to use tricycles like Tuk-tuk, which are widely used in urban transportation. With this vehicle, which is not very safe and fast, you only have to get off at a point close to the airport and walk the remaining distance.
Transportation from Curaçao Airport to the City Center
Curaçao or Hato International Airport is the only airport of Curaçao Island and is located approximately 12 km from the capital, Willemstad.
You don't have many options to go to Curaçao city center from Curaçao Airport. Therefore, the first thing you should do is check whether the hotel you are staying at offers free airport shuttle service. If they do, you're lucky, if they don't, your remaining options are taxis or local buses.
From here you can take the buses called Konvoii. These buses go from the airport to Otrobanda and Punda, which are neighborhoods of the city of Willemstad. At the last stop of the bus, you can find vehicles going to other parts of the island, and you can go further by changing vehicles. You can pay the ticket price on the bus to the driver in cash. The distance between them is 15 kilometers on average and the journey takes about 40 minutes.
The routes and timetables of these buses are written on the signs at the bus stops. However, you can assume that the flights operate every hour between 07.00 in the morning and 23.00 in the evening on weekdays and less frequently on weekends.
You can also use the minibuses that go to the crowded parts of the island by going to the main road. You can recognize these minibuses by the word BUS on their plates. There is also a sign on the window of the minibus, just like in our minibuses, with the route it goes on, and they stop when you raise your hand. The ticket fee is paid in cash and to the driver.
As of 2022, when this article was written, Uber or a similar transportation app is not working in Curaçao yet. That's why your only option is local taxis. You can find a 24/7 taxi from the airport to the city centre. Although taxis here do not have a taximeter, there are predetermined amounts for certain routes. That's why you have to ask how much you will pay and agree on the price before you get in the taxi.
The distance of 15 km takes about 20 minutes. It is worth noting that if you take a taxi between 23.00 and 06.00 in the morning, or if you take a taxi with more than 4 people, the taxi fare increases by 25 percent and the drivers expect a 10 percent tip in addition to the taxi fare.