Popular Airport | Angelholm Helsingborg Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 6 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 5146 Km |
It is possible to reach Islamabad Airport with buses and metrobuses that you can take from the city. The routes of these buses and metrobuses usually start from Rawalpindi, also called Islamabad's twin city. Within city transportation has improved, but there are not many choices in terms of transportation means. Therefore, public transportation in the city is crowded, especially during heavy traffic hours.
You can reach Islamabad Airport within 15-20 minutes by taxi or by your own car and within 30-35 minutes by bus.
Islamabad city buses are easily distinguishable from others because of their light color. The local buses are crowded and slow, but they provide transportation at very low fares. The seats next to the bus drivers are reserved for women and children, so you will have to be careful about the place you will sit on the bus. All the bus stations in the city are air-conditioned, large, and modern and there are ticket vending machines and sales points in all of them.
The city buses have a much larger and wider network than metrobuses. Bus 110, one of the most popular bus lines, goes from Mandi Morh to Bahara Kahu via Khayaban.
Bus number 111 goes to F-8 Markaz from Rawat via Al Shifa H8. The area where Islamabad city center is located is called "Blue Area". The 1-B-A bus from this area serves Mandi Morh to the Secretariat.
The bus number 21 is called the airport bus, because it is one of the rare buses that pass through the airport. The stops of this bus are RWP Kachehri, BBIAP Airport (Islamabad Airport), Faizabad, Zero Point, Aabpara, Sarina, SPP and Secretariat.
Metrobus service is provided between twin cities: Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Metrobuses operate from 6.15 am until 10 pm every day of the week. Ticket vending machines are available at all Metrobus stations. Be sure to validate your ticket at the entrance after you have purchased your ticket from the Metrobus station.
Another name given to this service in Islamabad is Islamabad Metro-Pindi Metro. Metrobus service, which has a route of 22,5 km, meets the need of city transportation by serving between the twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Metrobuses started to operate in 2015, and has 24 different stops in total.
You can buy your tickets from vending machines, or you can use the e-ticket system. 10 of the stops of Islamabad-Rawalpindi metrobus are in Rawalpindi and 14 of them are in Islamabad.
Taxis are the most convenient and economical way of transportation for the cases of emergency. Try to bargain with the taxi driver before or after your ride. The only disadvantage of using taxi in Islamabad is that almost all of the taxi drivers do not speak English. Because they do not speak English, mark the place you will go on the city transportation map that you can obtain from the tourist information office before your ride and try to explain it on the map to the taxi driver
Yellow cabs are the most used taxi types in the city. Most of the taxis are not air conditioned but their fees are very satisfactory. Some of the taxi drivers in the city use their personal vehicles as a taxi; they are not affiliated with a specific company. You can also rent these taxis on a daily basis at very reasonable prices.
The number of taxis attached to the major companies operating in the city center is more than that of individual taxis. Some of the taxi companies you can choose to get to Islamabad Airport or city center are Metro Radio Cab (+92515872236) and Islamabad Radio Cab (+9251111888100).
There are quite a number of car rental companies in the city of Islamabad, because many domestic and foreign tourists want to rent their own car and visit nearby cities. It is much more economical to rent your car from the airport by pre-booking, but you are also likely to rent your car at reasonable prices from the city center as there are more local car rental companies than international companies in the city.
If you wish to deliver the vehicle you are renting at the airport at your return, you must make sure that a branch of the company you rented car is also at Islamabad Airport. It takes about 15-20 minutes to get to Islamabad Airport by car from the city, except for heavy traffic hours.
Another popular name for Islamabad International Airport is Benazir Bhutto International Airport. Islamabad Airport, the third largest and most modern airport in Pakistan, is located in Chaklala Rawalpindi outside Islamabad. Some of the facilities and opportunities within Islamabad Airport are VIP lounges, duty free shops, restaurants, free internet access, souvenir shops, ATM machines (Pakistan National Bank, Habib Bank, MCB Bank, Barclays, Citibank) and banks.
Regular transfers are performed from Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport to Arlanda Airport and Bromma Airport in Stockholm, which is the capital city of Sweden. Seasonal flights are also organized from the airport to Gotland in summer and to Mora in winter. To Turkey and the Azores, there are charter flights in certain periods. Buses are the mostly-preferred means of transportation to reach the train station near the airport and the city center from the airport. You can arrive at so many destinations in a short time by using the buses departing from the airport. You can also take a taxi at the exit of the terminal or consider the alternatives such as the rental cars at the airport to go to the city center.
It is not possible for you to travel by taking a train directly from the airport. However, you can reach the train station, which is not so far, by taking the airport buses waiting readily at the exit of the terminal and then continue your travel by switching to trains. Trains enable transportation with direct or indirect transfers to many spots of the country. Moreover, the prices of the train tickets can be considered reasonable when compared to many other vehicles. When you would like to obtain more information about the trains, you can call +46 771-777777 and find answers for many questions in your mind.
Airport buses, which you can take at the exit of the arriving passenger terminal, provide an economical and quick alternative of transportation. You can go to the train station and also a lot of significant corners in the city center by the airport buses. Fees of the airport buses are generally not so high. In this way, you can reach wherever you would like to go from the airport without forcing your budget if you consider travelling by buses. If there are no buses for the place you want to go to, switching to another means of transportation after reaching the city center is also among the alternatives.
You can also prefer travelling towards the city center by taking one of the taxis at the exit of Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport. Airport taxis are quite comfortable and easy to take. If you have heavy stuff that you need to carry until the center when you land on the airport, you can take a taxi without waiting, and thus, you can reach your destination at the end of a comfortable journey. Taxis usually apply the pre-determined price tariff for specific destinations. If you would like to obtain information about the price of the distance you will cover, you can talk to the driver or get some help from the price tariff in front of the airport terminal.
It is possible for you to reach the city center by preferring one of the numerous international car rental companies at the airport. You can get information when you call +46 431-24 175 for AVIS, which is one of the car rental companies at the airport. You can reserve your car beforehand by calling +46 431-45 85 50 for Europcar or you can complete your car renting procedure easily by getting information from +46 431-24 270 for Hertz, +46 431-80 460 for Sixt and +46 431-16 919 for MABI.