Tallin Airport

My Flybe January 31 09.40 am flight Tallinn-Stockholm was cancelled. Within minutes the efficient and friendly staff at Tallinn airport asked the passengers to contact the transfer desk and only a short while later everybody had been issued new boarding cards with Estonian Air to Stockholm scheduled for 10.15. Excellent service! No questions no problems. The attitude was: passengers have to be served! Tallinn airport is small innovative clean cosy efficient simply great!

I have flown in and out of Tallinn's Lennart Meri airport many times in the past 10 years. It's small quiet well-appointed and clean. Wifi is free like in much of Estonia the passenger lounges are pleasant and uncrowded. Service is friendly enough the duty-free shops are interesting and there's an excellent selection of Estonian artisanal products available. Baggage delivery customs and check-in have always been trouble-free in my experience.

MAN-ARN-TLL-ARN-MAN. Flew in with Estonian Air. Newly build small terminal building well appointed. 9 Airbridges connected to the terminal building. Arriving and Departing passengers mix within the terminal. Baggage Reclaim very quick. Check-in and Security on the return both very quick with little queuing. A very good selection of shops airside including some local products/produce. Free WiFi in the whole of the airport complex. There is a small cafe in on the landside of the terminal which overlooks the Baggage Reclaim area through a glass wall. Terminal very clean and modern looking with friendly staff and small distances to walk from Check-in to aircraft.

What a great airport this kind of airport makes flying almost enjoyable. Bright airy with a good range of shops and friendly staff signage (in Estonian and English) is also excellent. Arrived from Riga and domestically from Kuressaare - both times luggage was on the carousel by the time passengers reached it. There is also a dedicated Estonian Air bus which leaves every 20 mins looping around most of the city's hotels for just 2 eur. This airport is a pleasure to use.

My husband and I travelled from Stockholm to Kiev with Tallinn as the intermediate stop. Our outward journey was uneventful we quickly located the Transit desk staff were helpful. On the return we had to go through Passport control wait in a queue for 20 mins after which we had to pass through Security for the second time before arriving at the Transit desk. We had bought a bottle of spirits in Kiev that was confiscated on the outward journey we were allowed to take spirits into the airport and onward but on the return a completely different system was in operation. W were advised to reclaim our baggage check-in again with the spirits packed in the bag. As we only had 30 mins before our flight left this was obviously not an option. We were not the only passengers confounded by this scam to confiscate alcohol.

Airport is one of the best little airports in Europe. It has free Internet some very nice dining opportunities (with cheap prices) helpful staff and short queuing times. Probably shopping opportunities might be lower than in some larger airports but overall it is one of the most efficient airports that I have used.

Tallinn (Lennart Meri) Airport has vastly improved. It was renovated and rebuilt 2008 and even though it is still a very small one it has a feel of lightness and air to it. Instructions are clear there are several smoking rooms recreational areas for children and food is above average. Takes less than 15min to walk from the check in to the furthest gate. Free wireless coverage. NOT so nice is the factor that the only 24/7 cafes are located in the general hall - making it a bit boring night wait for those checked in.

Flew Brussels - Tallinn return in May 2010. I post this as there has been no post on this airport for two years! There is a frequent (every 20/30 mins) bus service no. 2 from outside the airport into the city centre stops close to the Old Town. Fare is 20 EEK whereas a taxi is EEK 100. Bus journey time is 20/25 mins. in rush hour. Airport is clean and compact with easy check-in.

Used Tallin airport last weekend. Is a fantastic little airport very quiet clean and efficient. For people who have time on hand after check in just go out of the airport from the arrivals area and cut across the lawn and the airport parking lot towards the city and walk for a couple of minutes and you are in Hotel Ullmiste forecourt. Besides the hotel is a large shopping mall with plenty of dining great shopping and entertainment facilities. This is very welcome as Tallinn airport does not have much by the way of shopping or dining.

I used Tallinn inbound on 08 Sep and outbound on 12 Sep and for a small airport it is nigh on perfect; efficient quiet clean light and reasonably well provided with facilities to cater for the modest demands currently being placed on it. Two tips; if you are traveling to the UK (usually gate 12) wait until you are that end of the pier and then do your shopping prices are lower than in the 'duty-free' shop in the main concourse. Secondly check out the wonderful old Soviet-era terminal on the far side of the apron for a reminder of how things used to be.