Ljubljana Airport

✅ Trip Verified | A small, pleasant, and friendly airport. All the staff are really nice, and now even the younger staff at security are very friendly, which wasn't typical before the pandemic. The procedures are very fast. However, during peak times, there is absolutely not enough space around the café and duty-free shops in the Schengen section, even after the recent terminal upgrade. I really miss the newspaper stand in this area. I would especially like to praise the staff at Little Slovenia in the Non-Schengen section. It’s truly a small oasis of kindness and well-being.

Not Verified | They have removed all the ceiling tiles that might have deadened the sound so that the bare concrete is exposed in the departure area. As a result it’s like being in an echo chamber and the announcements are impossible to understand. It’s very unpleasant. Also there are very few seats in the check-in area even though there is plenty of space, so people end up sitting on the floor. Finally the taxi drivers have a scam where they add all sorts of illegal charges so that a normal 35 EUR fare for a ride to the city center costs 85 EUR or more.

✅ Trip Verified |   Convenient because it's small. The only toilet at the Schengen departures is horrible. The offer of food and beverages is limited. Overall, the new terminal looks unfinished.

Not Verified | Ljubljana airport is very practical for passengers and all procedures are carried out quickly. There are not many flights and passengers in the morning, so the experience is even better. The employees are professionally friendly, but not much more (very, very few smiles). In the duty-free shop, some Croatian products are offered as Slovenian ones, which is probably an unintentional mistake. The coffee at the bar is excellent. The toilet, which was otherwise clean, smelled of nitrogen compounds, probably due to insufficient or absent ventilation. In the waiting room in front of the bridges to the plane, at least some of the otherwise comfortable seats were torn. It was also possible to see through the windows into neglected, closed, and abandoned rooms, which they probably do not know what to do with. The airport is a very important point of entry to my beloved country, so even some seemingly trivial carelessness is out of place.

✅ Trip Verified | Ljubljana Airport has undergone a major update over the last few years and has increased in size quite substantially. Line of sight signage is good making navigation around the airport very easy. Arriving from a Schengen country results in a very fast entry procedure to the country. Departing was also a breeze with very friendly and efficient staff, we were checked in through security, customs and in the lounge in very short time. Waiting area's are comfortable and duty free shopping and other outlets well staffed and spotlessly clean.

Not Verified | Lovely airport, amazing views of the Alps. Check-in was ok. Wizz airline desks were poorly managed with long ques but the rest of the airlines seemed fine and so was security. Shops were a bit lacking but overall a good airport.

✅ Trip Verified | Excellent little airport. A bit tired cosmetically but everyone was friendly and everything worked seamlessly. Don’t rush through security unless you’re desperate to look at aeroplanes as there’s not much else to do. There’s a little smoking box that takes 4 people after security next to gate 4 upstairs. It’s free and the ventilation works well.

Not Verified | Terrible airport - could not check in for ages and nowhere open to eat or buy food/drink until we had gone through security. The food available after security was ridiculously expensive and tiny portions. We got our water filled up but the woman told us she wasn’t supposed to allow people to have free water and when I pointed out the cost of plastic bottles on the environment she said that the airport didn’t care about that and just wanted people to spend as much money as possible. Avoid at all costs, Slovenia is an incredible country but I would advise coming via Croatia, Italy or Austria instead!

❎ Unverified | Avoid at all costs! This used to be a reasonable airport, nothing special but at least flights were punctual. This seem to have degraded in the last couple of years. Queues at this airport resemble a rock concert. I have been to many airports around the world but have never had to wait 2 + hours for a simple baggage check (and, sadly, this is the rule rather than exception). Flights are almost always late and frequently cancelled. Absolutely no care for passengers' itineraries. If you are planing a trip, try to avoid this airport, particularly if your itinerary involves connecting flights.

✅ Verified Review | Upon leaving Europe back to Los Angeles my flights had me departing LJU to connect at CDG for my flight to LA. For some reason my travel agent had booked the two flights separately under two different confirmation numbers. while in Slovenia I had called the airline, and even the hotel's concierge did as well, and we both found out only the gate agent can make sure and both flights are listed as one continuous trip, mainly for the sake of routing checked luggage all the way through. The gate agent, with the assistance of a co-worker easily got this done and I was only charged $35 for an extra checked bag (my initial flight was in economy, while my connecting flight was in business. Thankfully both flights were on the same airline, in the end everything went smoothly. Upon arrival at LJU I was amazed how much of a small town airport feel it had. You could walk through the entire airport in 15 minutes. There were only about four check-in/ticket windows and no one was in line. Proceeding to security there were about three rows to enter through, and once again, no one else was in line. My time initially at check-in took about 10-15 minutes (to get my flight/s worked out and to pay the extra checked bag fee) and then within ten minutes I was through security and enjoying a drink near my gate. A very laid back and friendly experience. Sort of a calm before the storm I would have at CDG in three more hours.