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Rhodes Airport by Pavel Iosad
1 February 2007 Customer Rating : n/a
Had to wait for baggage for quite some time on arrival, but otherwise
pretty smooth. Check-in on the way back was fast, and seating was
available (but I suspect it would not be the case in a more touristy
time than 7am in January). One drawback was lack of screens telling
which gate to go to: there was an Olympic flight leaving five minutes
before our Aegean, so boarding was simultaneous, but there was no
indication of which gate was for which flight, and I had to catch the
gate number from the announcement in Greek (sometimes English was added,
but haphazardly).
Rhodes Airport by Tony Cherry
12 August 2006
Although still chaotic, I'd say this has improved a bit since I last
used it ten years ago. Mind you, I think even a tourist airport needs a
few more seats in the departure lounge. However, my reason for posting
here is to point out that basic safety seems to remain a closed book.
The huge new plate glass windows at the departure gates have no safety
markers on them and my seven year old son who is no thug ran straight
into one. The gate staff refused to write it down as an accident or to
offer any meaningful help. Happily no real harm done, but if that's the
approach to safety front of house, how are things behind the scenes?
Rhodes Airport by Adrian Howlett
30 August 2005
This airport is dreadful! It looks like a depressing 1960's or 1970's structure, and
is far too small for the amount of passengers who go through it. I even had to wait outside for a
while because the departures hall was close to capacity! I found it nearly impossible to reach my
gate for the flight home, because it was hidden through a series of doors and corridors with no
signs at all, so I ended up wandering around confused. There was very little flight information
displayed on the screens, and it was quite worrying to see nothing about my flight. The seats were all
put out of view of any information, so I had to sit on the floor for ages to find anything out
about my flight!
Rhodes Airport by L Lammers
21 April 2005
Rhodes Airport has changed a lot during the years. It has become more modern and still
hasn't got the facilities it doesn't need. It is mainly a tourist airport and so it doesn't need
fancy lounges or anything. The baggage handling could be a lot faster though. It often occurs that
you have to wait about an hour or two which is very normal. When departing again you have to pay
close attention to the checking in process which is just hilarious. People screaming all over the
place and you don't get a boarding card but just a sticker on a carton card with your seat assignment
on it. Summarizing, Rhodes and it's airport is just typical Greece and when you know this in advance
you'll be fine!!
Rhodes Airport by J Penrose
1 October 2004
In reply to Tim's comment about new 'security measures' at Rhodes, they did not x-ray ALL bags, just
hold luggage. 'No small bags' they told us as we tried to load everything. So on to the check-in
area we went, where we were free to move things from our unscanned 'small bags' into our scanned and
security-tagged hold luggage. Nor were we yet 'airside', tour reps and other non-travellers were
milling around in the confusion. Anybody could have slipped anything into scanned luggage.
Security? What a joke. Only safe place to scan luggage is as it goes airside, ie after check-in,
surely. Is this happening anywhere else?
Rhodes Airport by Tim Bagnall
26 July 2004
Rhodes airport has not changed in years, and is still the same experience. When you arrive, there
are no signs as to which belt your luggage is arriving, no air con. The only thing that has got
worse is the new security measures when you arrive. You now have to have all your bags
x-rayed as you
enter the airport before you can join the long queues to check in. This is fair enough in the modern
world, but rather annoying at 3 in the morning with long queues, irritable people, and only one
x-ray
machine working. Would be a lot better if they had more machines.
But then again, you are in Greece, and it is always a refreshing change to go there and find that
the "no rush" attitude is still there. So you just sit back and accept it.
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