Transportation from City Center to Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport
Sydney International Airport is located approximately 8 kilometers south of the city centre. There are options such as taxi, car rental, airport/hotel shuttles and train for transportation from the city center to the airport.
You can reach the airport in an average of 13 minutes by using the trains that depart every 10 minutes to get to the airport from the city center.
It is also possible to get to the airport from Sydney city center by bargaining taxis. The taxi fare between the city center and the airport varies between 45-55 dollars on average.
Those who want to have a more free journey in Sydney can contact the car rental companies located in the airport or the city center and rent a car. You also have the chance to choose the airport shuttles or the shuttles of the hotel you will be staying to go from Sydney city center to the airport. You can find out whether such a service is provided in your hotel by contacting the hotel authorities.
Transportation from Brisbane Airport to Brisbane City Center
Airtrain is an easy and fast option to get from the airport to Brisbane city centre. The train leaves every 15 minutes during rush hour and every 30 minutes at other times, and the journey takes about 20 minutes.
You can buy your ticket from the ticket offices in the terminal or you can buy a Translink Go card and use it. However, if you buy your ticket from the Airtrain website, you do not pay any extra fee for the return ticket. The train runs between 05.04 - 22.04 on weekdays and between 06.04 - 22.04 on weekends.
The easiest way to get from the airport to the city center is to take a taxi. BNE Airport has covered taxi stands on both domestic and international flights. There are also employees helping customers at these stops during rush hour. While the domestic taxi rank is located right in front of the terminal building, the international taxi rank is located on the second floor, on the left as soon as you exit the door.
The city center is reached after a 20-minute journey under normal traffic conditions. It is worth remembering that the ring road fee and airport tax are added to the taxi price.
Brisbane Airport has been supporting shared transfer services for a very long time. The vehicles you call from Uber, Didi, Ola and Sheba applications are waiting for you in the special section reserved for you at the airport. By following the direction signs at the airport, you can go to the special waiting area reserved for this type of vehicles. It is worth remembering that the ring road fee and airport tax are added to Uber-type services, as is the case with taxi fares.
In addition to these, you can purchase the service of Con-X-ion, which provides door-to-door service at Brisbane Airport. This service, which you can get on both domestic and international flights, takes you from the airport to the door of your hotel. The tickets of the company, which has its own ticket office in each terminal, can also be purchased online.