Transportation from the City Center to Afonso Pena International Airport
Afonso Pena International Airport serves Curitiba, Brazil. Since it serves a city with a population of approximately 2 million, there are many vehicles going from the city center to the airport. The most economical of these vehicles is to use the buses that pass through the airport or nearby.
You can get to the airport in 12 minutes by bus number 515, which you will take from the central bus terminal (Terminal Central). The flights operate between 05.00 and 23.20 hours. The stops in between are Avenida das Américas, Avenida das Torres and Travessa Guaporé. You can find detailed information about the lines in the city, including the bus number 515 operated by Auto Viação São José dos Pinhais (Tel +55 41 2169 4321), on the official website of the bus company.
You can easily reach the airport from Terminal Boqueirão by bus number E32. The flights operate between 06.00 in the morning and 23.20 in the evening on weekdays, and between 06.20 in the morning and 22.25 in the evening on weekends. The journey averages 8 km and takes about 23 minutes.
Airport shuttle service Aeroporto Executivo, which you can get on from the city center, takes its passengers to the airport in approximately 30 minutes. Among the stops of this shuttle are Rodoferroviária, Teatro Guaíra, Receita Federal, Biblioteca Pública, Rua 24 Horas and Shopping Estação. You can get on this shuttle between 05:30 in the morning and 00:00 at midnight.
You can also use a taxi for a more comfortable and faster journey to the airport. Taxis here are operated by the government of São José dos Pinhais. You can easily find a taxi in the city. The journey time from Curitiba to the airport takes 20-30 minutes depending on the traffic situation. By calling a vehicle from the Uber application, you can arrive at the airport in the same time on average.
Transportation from Bogota El Dorado International Airport to Bogota City Center
Bogota Airport in Colombia is approximately 20 minutes by taxi from the city center. There are actually many options to go from the airport to the city center of Bogota, but Transmilenio buses are the most convenient.
Bogota is a very big city and when the city center is mentioned, La Candelaria region, which is most preferred by tourists, comes to mind. Transmilenio buses are also the most convenient option to go from Bogota airport to La Candelaria.
You can take the free bus number 16-14 from Bogota Airport to Portal El Dorado, the main stop of Transmilenio. When you come to the stop, you should choose the bus that moves in the direction of Universidades to go to the city center.
These buses operate between 04.30-23.00 from Monday to Friday, between 05.00-23.00 on Saturdays and between 05.30 and 22:00 on Sundays and only accept payments with Tullave Card.
One of the options is to reach the Santa Fe stop with the buses of Transmilenio buses that depart directly from Bogota Airport and transfer to a bus going to Bogota city center from there. Just follow the signs to find the Transmilenio stop at the airport.
Another public transportation method to get to the city center from El Dorado Airport is the P500 buses. You can reach the city center by taking this bus from Gate 7 of Terminal 1. In order to be able to pay, it is necessary to purchase Tullave Card from the airport. If you want to pay cash, you can go to a few points in Bogota city center by minibuses you will see when you exit Gate 9 of Terminal 1.
If your flight to Bogota arrives late, airport taxis are one of the safest options to get to the city centre. Bogota airport taxis go to the city center with a standard fare, and tickets are printed from the box office at the airport in front of them. Then, with this ticket, it is enough to take a taxi from the taxi queue in front of the airport and tell you where you will go. When you arrive at the city center of Bogota, you present the price on the ticket to the driver.
Uber is a more economical way to get from Bogota airport to the city center than a taxi. Actually, Uber is not legal in Colombia, but the app still works. You can tell a vehicle by downloading the Uber application to your phone and entering the address of your hotel in the city center. In the meantime, it is useful to be careful, there may be some vehicles walking around saying that they are an Uber driver, so it can be unsafe to get into unregistered vehicles.
Apart from these, you can also use the private transfer option. Moveo, Tedecol, GuateGo or Colombian Buddy are some companies that provide private transfer services from Bogota Airport. You can make a reservation in advance and provide your flight information and have them pick you up from the airport and take you to the city center of Bogota. Thus, you will get rid of flight fatigue and the hassle of searching for a transportation.