Monday, September 24, 2012

Brussels Charleroi - From Charleroi airport to the Brussels city

Brussels Charleroi airport (sometimes called Brussels South airport) is located appr. 55km south to the Brussels city center. Here are some facts about the Charleroi shuttle bus to the Brussels City.

Brussels Shuttle bus stop at Charleroi airport
When you arrive at Charleroi airport and walk out of the doors after customs office you come to the arrivals terminal turn right and go out using exit number 4. Brussels shuttle buses stop in front of the Charleroi airport arrival exit number 4. You can buy your Brussels shuttle bus ticket either from the machine or at service desk. One way Charleroi-Brussels city shuttle bus costs 13€ and two-way ticket 22€. For two-way ticket you have to know your return time and it will be marked to the return ticket.

Brussels Shuttle bus Charleroi-Brussels travel time
Scheduled time for Chareloi airport Brussels Gare du Midi -station travel is one hour but outside rush hours buses can be faster. When I have traveled to Brussels late evening buses have taken 45-50 minutes. Shuttle buses are rather new comfortable.

Where Charleroi shuttle buses arrive at Brussels city
Charleroi shuttle buses arrive at Gare du Midi railway station, which is southern side of Brussels center. If your hotel is around Grand Place or in the EU quarters it's possible to walk but it may not be convenient with heavy luggage. Buses both arrive and take new passengers to Charleroi in front of the Gare du Midi exit doors on western side of the railway station (Rue de France -street).

How much before departure bus to Charleroi?
Bus company operating Brussels Charleroi shuttle buses advice travelers to take shuttle bus from Brussels 3 hours before scheduled departure and based on my experience it's a good advice. During rush hours or if you have special baggage it may be worth going before it but in normal circumstances shuttle bus 3 hours before scheduled flight is very good and you still have some time at the airport.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

New Wizzair cheap flights - Tel Aviv-Budapest and many more

Wizzair opens many new cheap flight routes. These new low fares flights are:

-London Luton - Ljubljana
-London Luton - Lublin
-Tel Aviv - Budapest
-Belgrade - Basel Mulhouse
-Ljubljana - Brussels Charleroi
-Skopje - Dortmund
-Skopje - Eindhoven
-Skopje - Malmö
-Skopje - Memmingen Munich West
-Skopje - Milan Bergamo
-Skopje - Basel Mulhouse

Flights on these new low fares routes start before Christmas. Some routes open already in October.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Wizzair Xclusive club members 15% discount

Wizzair Xclusive club members can book all flights on 15% discount. These discount flights can be booked only 4.9.2012.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Less cheap Helsinki-Oulu flights in Finland - Blue1 concentrates on Oulu-Stockholm and Oulu-Copenhagen flights

In Finland Helsinki-Oulu and Oulu-Helsinki flights are the most important domestic flights and this route has been operated by Finnair, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Blue1 (part of SAS Group). Price competition of Norwegian Air Shuttle has lowered the prices to 20€-40€/one way flight and today Blue1 told that they will stop operating Helsinki-Oulu and Oulu-Helsinki flights starting from October. Blue1 will concentrate on Oulu-Stockholm and Oulu-Copenhagen routes where they add more capacity.