Baku Airport by D Broessler

13 January 2008   Customer Rating :

Worst airport in the region. Unfriendly and incompetent staff. Dirty toilets. No reliable information on delays.

Baku Airport by Ramona Michetti

9 January 2007   Customer Rating : n/a

One of the most annoying aspects of the Baku airport is that terrible ground/baggage service. This must be the slowest baggage crew in the world. Expect to wait about an hour for luggage, longer on the Dubai- Baku flight. Then after you do finally recover your luggage the customs personnel try to make you go through the "declare" line (especially for the Dubai - Baku flight) which requires putting luggage through the x- ray machines again. Another complaint is in regards to the toilets. There must be some way to train the staff what "clean" means. The cleaning ladies are always in the WC (some times sleeping on the counter) but it is never clean - even when they are mopping the floor it is a matter of moving the grime from one spot to another.

Baku Airport by Aidan O'Lynn

15 May 2006

Having lived in Baku for 3 years, I always found that the airport was the worst introduction and farewell to Azerbaijan. The building itself is fine and the staff in the shops. However, many of the security staff and customs officials are out blatantly looking for a bribe or trying to extort one and the taxi drivers try to charge ridiculous prices to the city centre.At least the security seems very good with the triple metal detector checks as opposed to much more lenient security elsewhere.

Baku Airport by Andrius Uzkalnis

30 November 2005

Yes, bag-wrapping is a nice scam and visa photo is a nice little earner for the guys, too. There is no benefit in having your bags wrapped, unless you consider a tell-tale sign of arriving from the Former Soviet Union a good thing. Then why not also wrap yourself in plastic - that would preserve your clothes, would it not? The duty-free is average, and as for catering - I don't know, I spent all the time in a lounge, desensitizing myself with free drinks and eating sandwiches which frankly have seen better times. However, overall it is a relatively spacious, relaxed place. I've seen worse.

Baku Airport by Allen Coulson

14 October 2005

I got caught by the bag wrapping too but it may be a good idea to have them wrapped. The visa photo scam is one you can avoid if you bring your own photo - not so much a scam but an annoyance to pay $5 for a polaroid. Get the visa in advance and save a queue.

Baku Airport by Rene Jugmann

1 May 2005

Baku airport surprised me very much with its transparency! Not so much crowded and huge: enough space for everybody - quick check in and even quicker check out procedure. Well very nice architecture... full of light and funny colors - friendly national azeri advertisement - small shops and restaurants with good cuisine!

Baku Airport by George Santulli

27 March 2005

I was in the Baku Airport twice, and was caught once by the scam of wrapping my bags in plastic. A helpful guy meets your cab at the curb and whisks your bags on a cart to the "wrapping station" which seems like an official stop on the way to the ticket counters. Only when the wrapping is down and the hands come out looking for payment does one realize that it was a scam. I offered five dollars, a lot of money in Baku I expect, and the guy was visibly miffed. My return thru Baku had me on the lookout for the scam and yes, the guy met me at the curb again, but this time I firmly said.."NYET" and moved him to the ticket counter while his "wrapper" buddy looked dismayed. Other then the fact that the seats in the waiting area are miserable, the coffee shop awful and sour faced security people, it was a fine, fine airport!! Not!

Baku Airport by Iain Williamson

22 March 2005

Even though the days of the regular shakedown at Baku's bus terminal-style old airport, be wary of efforts to make you bribe your way in and out of the airport. This includes the passport control, pre-boarding (checking tickets, and also just before actually entering the aircraft, where army personnel can again take your passport and hold it quizzically, sighing. Apart from these exotic annoyances, Baku remains relatively clean to the point of being austere. Not recommended for the faint of heart.