Popular Airport | Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport |
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Popular Airlines | |
Approximate Flight Duration | 4 hour 50 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 3920 Km |
While the passengers who want to travel from Aswan to Daraw Airport use taxis heavily, there are a lot of people going to the airport by using the car rental option.
You can easily get to the airport by taking a taxi, 24-hours a day, with stops on the important streets of the city. Since taxi drivers in the city are open to bargaining, if you do not want to pay high sums, it might be beneficiary for you to talk to the driver before the trip.
You can rent a car over the internet or by phone from Avis, Alamo, Budget, Hertz and National companies, and then deliver the rental car at the airport car park after your journey.
Daraw Airport, built near the eye-catching beauty of the Nile River, is able to provide all kinds of services to passengers with a single terminal building. Passengers can use the wireless internet at every corner of the terminal building and they can perform worship in the mosque and make cash transactions from the ATMs. Among the banks of ATMs located at the airport are CIB, Misr Bank, Al Ahly Egyptian Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank.
There is a large playground for passengers with kids at the airport where the pharmacy, health room, post office and lost-goods bureau are available. There is a private smoking room because indoor smoking is forbidden. In addition, the Egyptian Air Duty Free store and the SSP Egypt restaurant are also open to the passengers to have a good time during their waiting time.
lbn Batouta Airport is 11 km from Tangier city center and due to the lack of public transportation from lbn Batouta Airport to the city, you can choose from taxis, transfer services or car rental companies. While taxi transportation is more practical and economical, car rental may be more to your advantage depending on the number of days you are planning to stay in the city. It will take you a maximum of 15 minutes to reach Tangier city center from Ibn Batouta Airport.
Taking a taxi is the most practical way to get to Tangier city center from Ibn Batouta Airport and taxis also provide a budget friendly transportation service. As soon as you leave the airport terminal, you will come across taxi ranks. Before you get in one of these taxis from the taxi ranks, we recommend you tell them where you are wanting to go and make a deal with them first. Although they may not accept barganing, the maximum they will charge is 100 dirhams to travel to Tangier city center. However, taxis from 22:30 in the evening until 05:30 in the morning can increase the fare up to 150 Moroccan Dirhams. The fare to pay to travel to Port Med by taxi is 300 dirhams and 120 dirhams to travel to the train station. The taxi journey between Ibn Batouta Airport and Tangier city center takes on average 10 minutes.
Since there is no public transportation such as buses that can take you directly to Tangier from the airport, renting a car can be more economical. Before arriving at the airport if you make a pre-reservation and then you will be able to rent your car in minutes with your international status license. Some of the car rental companies serving in the airport terminal are; Loca Som, Starc Hertz, Marloc (Europcar), Scal Avis, Dbilij Car, Air Car, France Car and Location Auto.