Henri Coandă International Airport (Romanian: Aeroportul Internațional Henri Coandă) (IATA: OTP, ICAO: LROP) is Romania’s busiest international airport, located 16.5 km (10.3 mi) northwest of the city of Bucharest, within Otopeni city limits. One of two airports serving the capital, it is named after Romanian flight pioneer Henri Coandă, builder of Coandă-1910 aircraft and discoverer of the Coandă effect of fluidics.
Distance from the airport to the venue of the INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EUROPEAN EMERGING MARKETS conference: 18 km. This is by far the closest and best option to arrive by air to Bucharest.
Official website of the airport: http://www.bucharestairports.ro/en
Public transportation: two express bus lines are available to take you from the Arrivals Terminal of the airport to the city center: 780 (towards the central rail station: Gara de Nord) and 783 (Piata Unirii). Tickets cost around the equivalent of 0.9 EUR/ one way and can be purchased from the RATB kiosk near the bus station in the airport.
* Please have in mind that you will need Romanian currency (RON – leu) in order to purchase the tickets. For information about currency exchange, go to the “Currency information” page.
Routes as well as any RATB information can be found at www.ratb.ro
Taxi:
On-demand taxi services are available at the Bucharest “Henri Coandă” International Airport. You may order a taxi car by using the touch screen devices in the public area of the Arrivals Terminal. The passengers get on the taxi-cabs right outside the terminal, on the first floor, by showing the ticket issued by the automatic touch screen. The charges vary between 1, 39 lei/km – 3, 50 lei/km (0.3 -0.8 EUR/ km).
Attention! Do not let yourself approached by fake taxi drivers!
Private transfers:
Private transfers will be available on order from the Travel Partner of the Conference, Travis Tourism at a rate of 30 EUR / car, one way. Please request this service by email at: alin.patru@travis.ro .
*Other means of transportation are available from the Henri Coanda International Airport to the center of Bucharest, although we do not advise you to use them. For more information about these options, please visit the transport section of official website of the Henri Coanda International Airport.