Corfu Airport

Never ever going to Corfu again - the airport is a joke (but you won't see me laughing). 20 years since our last visit and things have not improved - staff rude - smelly toilets - no proper sit-down cafe - air conditioning not turned on place like an oven etc etc etc Horrible way to end a lovely holiday.

Will not go back to Corfu until the airport is improved. 50 mins queuing in the sun was made worse by the diesel fumes from all the transport coaches. The pathetic apology from the airline that there were a lot of departures around the same time, so no room in the check-in hall. They schedule the flights and if they really cared about their customers they could have solved the problems. Even if Corfu Airport can only afford 1 x-ray machine which passengers have to load their own bags into, the airlines could afford to provide more. They could certainly find a better place for people to queue than in the sun in a coach park.

Typical small Greek airport with not enough space for queuing passengers. Luckily we arrived early and were first in line for the check in opening. Other passengers left outside in queues in the sun. Check in was slow and not clear where to take bags and security etc. Once through security the departure lounge was tiny and only 1 duty free shop and a small cafe outlet, which at 10am in the morning had ran out of most things on the menu. Very limited choice of drinks and snacks. Probably best to eat before you get here. Not enough seating for the amount of flights. On the plus side it was cool and clean inside. Flight left on time.

Worst airport I've visited. We arrived by coach transfer 2 hours before the flight, the actual check in was appaling, no organisation whatsoever. We had to queue for 30 minutes to get to the check in desk, 20 minutes to the luggage drop off (very messy) and 1 hour to go through passport control with queues lining up from every angle of the terminal.

The ladies toilets were in a dreadful state. Only one had toilet paper and only 3 were in use. The door locks were also broken. There were rags on the floor and the bins with used toilet paper had no lids. There was only one facility offering hot food and drink. The coffee which was weak and insipid, came from a large urn. It tasted as if it had been made with sour milk and totally undrinkable. There were no tables to sit and eat at. Items for sale were overpriced and unappetising - mainly tired looking savoury pasties. There was no fresh fruit or salad or bread. The shops and duty free were fine and there was a good selection of reasonably priced Greek traditional food and alcoholic drinks. Also there was plenty of seating albeit metal chairs.

Without doubt the worst airport I have used. Firstly upon arrival the check in desks were not opened on time followed by a poor system of having to then queue again to place your luggage through an X-ray machine. Stupid idea that causes more havoc when initially checking in. Once through to the departure lounge things do not get any better. You are immediately hit by the heat through poor to no air conditioning, making waiting for your flight very uncomfortable. A poor selection of newspapers and refreshments make the whole experience very disappointing. Toilets are diabolical and had so many out of order. On a plus point the wifi was good as I pen this review.

I cannot believe that this is an airport in Europe. Very unfriendly check in staff. Officials show no interest in security. Food and beverage offering is non existant and dirty. Looks like this airport was never renovated nor cleaned since its opening.

On arrival I was very pleased with how quickly we got through passport control and got our cases. Our departure was a different case altogether. We arrived in plenty of time (3 hours before take-off) and we then joined a queue to check in our luggage. We were 6th in the queue and it took us 45 minutes to get checked in, then we moved to another queue to put our cases through and then another queue to go through security. In total it took us 1 hour 35 mins to get through to the departure lounge. Then we had to check in at the gate. Not sure why as we then had to sit down for another hour. I thought (maybe) that we would then get through the departure gate quicker but no we had to queue again and check in again before going through. Not sure of the purpose of the double check-in? The toilets were disgusting. I asked if there were any cleaner toilets but sadly these were the only ones in the departure area. Out of 8 cubicles 3 were broken. So dissapointed after a great holiday in Corfu that the airport has really let it down.

Travelled into Corfu in 2014 to find in hadn't moved on since I last flew in in 1976. Not fit for purpose. Travelled in again this year (15 June) and out again 22nd June. At least this year got our bags very quickly when arriving so scarpered nice and quickly. And when departing check in (Jet2.com desks) was relatively quick and painless. Unfortunately for others they had, once again, to queue outside for ages in strong hot sunshine before even getting to the check in desks. Crawled through security and then into the simply awful departure 'lounge'. This airport is sadly still not fit for purpose, and with things being what they are economically won't change any time soon.

worst airport I've been to they have far too many passengers for the capacity of the airport the security queue is at the same location as the check-in counters and as there is only two security scanners at the airport the security queue gets so big that it is almost impossible just to get to the queue for the check-in counters. The check in counters have a weird system where you have to take your bag to another location at the airport to get it checked when you have checked in at the counter it would surprise me if everybody in the security queue were able to catch their flight in time as it was so slow that it almost took all the 2 hours that you got from check-in counters opening to the flight leaving just to get through the security queue.