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Trapani-Birgi Airport Passenger Reviews and Trapani-Birgi Airport Traveller Reports
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Trapani-Birgi Airport customer review : 21 October 2010 by M Heathcote-Smith (UK)
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Customer Rating : 3/5 |
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Trapani is still a partly military airport with fencing all around the civilian area and
perhaps this is why it seems so crowded - and perhaps because Ryanair have hugely increased
their flights recently. The result is that the landside arrivals was crowded, but not too bad,
but the car park was full and the car hire area overflowing with double, treble and quadruple
parked cars. Finding the right person and right car and attempting to get out of the airport
was not easy - and all this despite the airport saying that the number of parking and car hire
spaces have been increased recently. On the way back, the departure lounge (with nice views)
which would be pretty much filled up with three planes full, was further strained by the fact
that there were about 6 or more extra aircraft at the airport due to Palermo being temporarily
closed (a Windjet aircraft had landed 400 metres short of the runway). Overall, Trapani is
fine, but it seems to be reaching saturation, despite recent extensions both inside and out.
Whilst it was a minor irritation for us, I imagine a few extra passengers could cause problems
of the sort to make you tear your hair out. Just hope that you don't arrive immediately after
a couple of other aircraft or you could be in for a long wait for your baggage, car hire etc -
and just getting out of the car park.
Trapani-Birgi Airport customer review : 27 July 2009 by Peter Harrison (UK)
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Customer Rating : 3/5 |
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Birgi Airport has recently had a makeover, so new there were no arrival or departure boards.
In many respects it reminded me of Pisa Aeroporto before it got too big. On arrival I was
nearly the victim of a potential scam. Unlicensed taxi drivers gather around the door to the
arrivals hall. They spot your name on a card being held by a genuine tour company. As you come
into the arrivals hall they call out your name and when you acknowledge them they claim to be
your pre booked taxi. Fortunately I noticed my name on a card being held by representatives
from the genuine company I had booked with. For departing flights eat before you set out for
the airport. At check-in there is just one very small snack bar and shop (Panini and water
just over EUR 4.00) and not a great deal of seating. Everything was clean and new but
facilities are extremely minimal with only vending machines for refreshments after security.
Waiting in the gate area the seating is insufficient to cope with the number of passengers. I
thought it was also very warm but probably not so for your average Sicilian! Access to
aircraft is by descending several flights of stairs and then crossing the tarmac on foot
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