Airport → city route guides

Take the Airport Rail Link to Phaya Thai for ฿45. Ignore every taxi tout inside arrivals.

Take the Havaist HVST-12 bus to Sultanahmet for ~₺250. Yellow taxis are fine if you insist on the meter.

Pre-book a Grab/Gojek to the designated pickup point, or book a car via your villa. Avoid the airport taxi cartel desk.

Use Uber from the designated lot, or pre-pay at the official ADO counter for the bus. Avoid every white-shirt 'transportation' rep in arrivals.

Take the red metro line from inside the terminal — €1.80 to Baixa. It's quicker than a taxi in rush hour.

Take the Red Line metro from Terminal 1 or 3 — AED 8. Cream taxis are also cheap and metered.

Take the Elizabeth line — £12.80 to central London, half the price of the Heathrow Express and only ~15 min slower.

Airport Rail Link to Phaya Thai, transfer to BTS Sukhumvit line — about ฿60 total and faster than a taxi in rush hour.

Take Metro Line 3 (blue) direct to Syntagma — €9 single, runs every 30 min.

Leonardo Express to Termini — €14, 32 min, no stops. Or pay the €55 flat taxi fare inside the Aurelian walls.

Aerobús (A1 from T1, A2 from T2) — ~€7 to Plaça Catalunya, every 5–10 min.

Take an official taxi at the €33 flat fare within the M-30, or Metro Line 8 (~€5) to Nuevos Ministerios.

Official Paris taxi at the published flat fare — €56 to Right Bank, €65 to Left Bank — or RER B for €11.80.

NS train direct to Amsterdam Centraal — ~€6, 15–20 min, every few minutes.

Take the FEX (Airport Express) or RE7/RB14 regional train to Alexanderplatz — ~€4.40 with an ABC ticket.

S1 or S8 S-Bahn to Marienplatz — about €13.60 single, every ~10 min.

Take the ÖBB Railjet or S7 S-Bahn from inside the airport — €4.30 with S7, ~€15 with the CAT (City Airport Train).

Take the Aircoach or Dublin Express bus — ~€8–€12 to O'Connell Street, every 10–15 min.

Take the Edinburgh Tram or Airlink 100 bus — both reach the city centre for ~£6.50–£7.50.

Take the train from Manchester Airport station to Manchester Piccadilly — typically £5–£12 depending on operator, 15–25 min.

Take Thameslink or Southern to London Bridge / Victoria — typically £10–£25, half the cost of Gatwick Express.

Stansted Express to Liverpool Street — ~£22, 50 min — or the National Express A6 coach for ~£10.

Luton DART shuttle + Thameslink to St Pancras — ~£17, ~50 min — or the National Express A1 coach for ~£12.

Take the S8 or S9 S-Bahn from the airport's Regional station — ~€5.80, ~12 min to Hauptbahnhof.

Take an SBB train from inside the airport to Zürich HB — about CHF 7, ~10 min.

Take the Metro M2 or DSB train direct to the city centre — ~DKK 36, ~13 min.

Arlanda Express to T-Centralen is the fastest (~20 min, ~SEK 320). Cheaper: SL commuter train (~SEK 170) or Flygbussarna coach (~SEK 130).

Take the I or P commuter train to Helsinki Central — €4.10, ~30 min.

Pre-book a transfer or take the public KTEL bus (~€2.20). Airport taxis run at flat tariffs and are often scarce.

Take the C1 Cercanías train to Málaga Centro-Alameda — €1.80, ~12 min.

Take the EMT A1 bus to Plaça d'Espanya — ~€5, ~15–25 min.

Take the Havaist HVST-1 bus direct to Taksim, or the M11 metro and transfer at Gayrettepe to M2.

Take an official silver TransAD taxi from the rank — typically AED 70–90 to central Abu Dhabi. Public bus A1 also runs to the city.

Take a turquoise Karwa taxi from the official rank, or the Doha Metro Red Line — QAR 2 with a Travel Card.

Pre-book a Grab/Gojek to the designated lot, or arrange your villa's pickup. The official airport taxi counter quotes 2–3× the app price.

Pre-book a Grab Car or private driver. Ubud is too far for Gojek bikes with luggage, and the taxi-cartel quote is steep.

Take the MRT East-West line from T2/T3 — about S$2.50 with a contactless card. Taxis are also honest and metered.

Take the KLIA Ekspres train to KL Sentral — RM 55, 30 min. Grab is the easiest door-to-door alternative.

Take the Tokyo Monorail or Keikyu line + JR, or the Airport Limousine Bus direct to Shinjuku (~¥1,400).

Take the Narita Express (N'EX) direct to Tokyo Station — ¥3,070, ~60 min. Cheaper: Keisei Skyliner + transfer.

Take the AREX Express train direct to Seoul Station — ₩11,000, ~45 min.

Take the Airport Express direct to Central — HK$115, 24 min. Free shuttle to major hotels from Hong Kong / Kowloon stations.

AirTrain + LIRR to Penn Station (~$11) is the fastest budget option. Yellow cabs are a flat $70 to Manhattan plus tolls, tip and surcharges.

Use the LAX-it lot for Uber/Lyft/taxi — pickup is no longer at the curb. Metro K Line + transfers also reaches DTLA / Hollywood for ~$1.75.

Take the UP Express from T1 direct to Union Station — C$12.35, 25 min.

Take the Canada Line SkyTrain direct to Downtown — C$9.45 with the airport AddFare, ~25 min.

Take BART direct from the SFO station to Downtown — about $10.95, ~30 min.

Take the CTA Blue Line direct to The Loop — $5 from O'Hare, 45 min, 24/7.

Take the free Silver Line SL1 bus from the terminals to South Station — $0 from Logan to Downtown.

Use Uber or DiDi from the designated app pickup zone, or the authorised Sitio 300 yellow-and-white taxi from the counter.

Take the Airport Bus Service to Paulista, or 99/Uber from the designated pickup zone.

Use the Airport Express Lima bus to Miraflores (~$10), or a pre-paid taxi from an authorised counter (Taxi Green, Taxi 365).

Use the authorised yellow-and-white taxi rank or an app (Uber, Cabify, InDriver) from the designated zone.

Take the ONCF train direct to Casa-Voyageurs / Casa-Port — MAD 43, ~35 min.

Use Uber or Careem from the designated pickup zone. Avoid the airport limo desk — it's the most reliable way to overpay here.

Use Uber or Bolt from the designated pickup zone, or the MyCiTi Airport bus to the central station (~ZAR 100).

Take the Gautrain direct to Sandton — ~ZAR 200, ~15 min from OR Tambo, every 12 min in peak.

Take the Delhi Metro Airport Express direct to New Delhi station — ₹60, ~20 min.

Use the airport pre-paid taxi counter, or Uber/Ola from the designated zone.

Take the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link to BNI City / Sudirman station — IDR 70,000, ~50 min.

Use Grab or Be from the designated zone, or the official Vinasun / Mai Linh metered taxi from the rank.

Use Grab from the designated zone, or the official yellow 'airport taxi' from the marked rank.

Use Uber or Careem from the designated zone — pricing is reasonable and the app removes haggling.

Use Uber or Bolt from the designated zone — both are widely used in Nairobi and avoid haggling.