Search Flights from Yanbu Al Bahr to Kochi (India)

The most comfortable means of transportation that you can use to go to Yanbu Airport, located 7 kilometers from Yanbu, an important port city located on the coast of the Red Sea. You can also rent a car or use the shuttle service of your airline company if they provide any. It takes a maximum of 10 minutes to reach Yanbu Airport from the city.

Taxi

The most popular means of transportation used in the city is undoubtedly taxis. It is quite economical and ideal to use the taxi as the city center is not too far from the airport. With a taxi that you can take from the city center, or call to the point where you are, you can reach Yanbu Airport at an average duration of 8 minutes and a cost of 40-55 Saudi Arabia Riyal.

Car Rental

Renting a car to go to Yanbu Airport, which is only 7 kilometers away from the city center, can be a bit expensive. Instead, you can rent a car a couple of days before your flight if you are going to stay a bit longer in the city, and deliver the car either in the city center or at Yanbu Airport before your flight. The car rental companies that have an office both in Yanbu Airport and Yanbu city center are Al Wefaq Rent a Car, Budget and Sixt. It takes 7-8 minutes to get to Yanbu Airport from the city by private car.

Airport Information

Yanbu Airport, which has a total of 2 passenger terminals including both domestic and international, is located about 7 kilometers from Yanbu city center. The full name of Yanbu Airport, one of Saudi Arabia's most famous airports, is Yanbu Prince Abdul Mohsen Bin Abdul-Aziz International Airport. TAV Airports, which also operates the biggest airports in Turkey such as Istanbul Atatürk and Izmir Adnan Menderes, will operate Yanbu Airport for 30 years starting in 2017 and construct a new terminal building. As Yanbu Airport, which you can directly reach from Istanbul Atatürk Airport, is an international airport, you can take advantage of many services and have a pleasant time before your flight.

Cochin International Airport is located in a suburb of the city of Kochi in the state of Kerala in India and is about 37 kilometers from Kochi city center. Cochin Airport is the fourth largest airport in India and is also the worlds first fully solar-powered airport. There are 3 terminals at the airport where domestic and international flights are made. At the airport you can withdraw money from ATMs and exchange currency.

From Cochin Airport to Kochin city center you can take a taxi and a bus or rent a car.

Taxi

From Cochin Airport you can travel to Kochi city center or the surrounding cities by taxi at any time of the day. At Cochin Airport taxis are run through a Cooperative Society controlled by CIAL (Cochin International Airport Limited) and run on a pre paid taxi system. There are fully computerised and automated pre paid taxi counters at both the international and domestic terminals in the airport. You can decide the type of taxi you want from these meters as a normal passenger car or larger vehicle. If you wish you can rent large and high standard vehicles such as UBER - OLA and you can also pay for a limo if you wish from the pre paid counters. While taxis from outside can drop off passengers at the airport, only CIAL taxis are allowed to pick up passengers from the airport. When you get off the plane, you will get a receipt from the taxi counter and then you want to go to the pre-paid taxi stand and get your taxi.

The standard fare for a taxi from the airport to city center is 19 Indian Rupees per km for a non-conditioned car. 23 Indian Rupees per km for an air conditioned vehicle. The minimum fee is approximately 400 rupees. You can also use pre-paid taxis for tours and daily hire basis. The most convenient transportation to the city center is by taxi and you can travel to the city in about half an hour. Some of the taxi fleets with a counter at Cochin Airport are Kochi Taxi, Vayu Travels, Dayz, Gezi India.

Bus

You have two alternatives of buses from Cochin Airport to the city center. The first alternative is buses that depart from the terminal at the entrance of airport at frequent intervals. White - blue buses (fast), green - red buses (without stopping, faster) express running buses which run every 10 to 20 minutes and stop at bus stops near the city center. The fare you will pay for transportation by buses like this is approximately 1.5 USD.

The other alternative is the bus that runs from outside the terminal which are the orange Volvo buses. The first bus starts at 07.50 in the morning and runs every half an hour and costs about 70 Indian rupees. The difference between these buses from the express buses are that they provide a more comfortable journey and they are air-conditioned. The buses stop at Aluva, Kalassery and Vytilla, and reach Kochi city center in about 30 to 40 minutes.

Rent a Car

If you prefer to travel to the city center by renting a car, you can choose from the car rental companies AVIS and Zoom at the airport. Let us remind you that when you rent a car foreigners are asked for an international driving license. You can reach the city center from the airport in about half an hour and the airport has access to all three national highways NH 47, NH 17 and NH 49.

Other Alternatives

To protect the interests of CIAL taxis the three-wheeled local cars are not allowed into the airport. If you want to make a more economical transfer from the standard taxi fares, you can travel to the nearest train stations such as Angamally or Aluva for a price ranging from 50 to 100 rupees and take the train to the city center from there. Just to add, it is difficult to find such a vehicle early in the morning and late in the evening.