HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT review : 15 August 2008 : by David Gartside

Customer Rating : 4/5

The landside vehicle routes, parking and rental car areas are awful - but presumably the extensive building works will solve this - but I'd hate to have to use current arrangements in the winter. Inside the terminal and airside are fine, though things tend to close down about 2130, which isn't very helpful when the LHR flight doesn't go until 2335.

HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT review : 27 June 2008 : by Emily Harris

Customer Rating : 4/5

The airport is far from town and if you are on a late flight in a non peak season, don't expect to catch the shuttle into town. As the rest of the airport goes, I'm always impressed. Mainly the check in time is non existant, basically can walk right up to the booth and go through security. With the exception of Christmas, arriving at the airport 45 min prior to departure is perfect time to check in, go through security and reach you gate, I usually get to the gate just in time for the preboarding.

Halifax Int'l Airport by C Cooke

19 July 2007   Customer Rating :

I am a frequent user of Halifax International, and I must say, that it deserves the awards it has received. Parking might be bad, but the new Park n' Fly lot should help, as well as the construction of a new parking structure. Food is ok for a fairly small airport. New US custom pre-clearance should be good for those traveling to the US. The new expansions to the terminal are welcomed.

Halifax Int'l Airport by Devon Anderson

29 January 2007   Customer Rating : n/a

Halifax Airport takes pride in its advertising plight to say it is recognized world wide in customer service. Their claim to fame is that they have ranked number 1 three years in a row in customer satisfaction. If you dig into the statistics you'll find they participate in a survey of airports with less that 5 million passengers and those airports that do participate are few in number. It wouldn't be that hard to rank number 1. I think the service I have experienced there is far from world renowned and leaves a lot to be desired. Parking is terrible, there is minimal shopping and food services other than fast food style. The airport, including the runways have been under construction for many years creating constant delays. They obviously have PR staff that are able to use statistics to their best advantage.

Halifax Int'l Airport by B McDonald

18 May 2005

Halifax International Airport, despite being slightly outdated, met my high standards. The ground staff are quite amiable and there is lovely cultural shopping. However, to agree with the previous comment, it is located very inconvenient location and the airport limousine is quite expensive. Additionally, there is a strong feeling of desolation in the airport on a Sunday morning, as there is not a great profusion of flights.

Halifax Int'l Airport by Andrew Owens

17 September 2004

The shopping was decent, but as for the airport's ability to handle an international flight - not impressed at all. I was flying YHZ - LHR on 31 August. We were left waiting for two hours standing in a queue because a computer broke down, then were rudely told by an officer that we would miss our flight if we didn't hurry up. There were no screens to tell us what was going on, and those that were there were either wrong or changing so constantly that it was impossible to determine what was going on. In addition, the airport is 36km from Halifax - it's in the middle of Nova Scotia near a place called Goffs - but the airport shuttle is good and fairly cheap.

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