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Bordeaux Mérignac is the international airport that serves the capital of the Gironde. It is located in the commune of Mérignac, at 12 kilometers west of Bordeaux. Currently, it is the ninth airport for passenger numbers across France.
The airport consists of two large buildings. In the main one, there are the two large rooms A and B. On the ground floor there are the Arrivals and the check-in counters; on the first floor are the Departures. The second, smaller building is the Billi Terminal, the exclusive prerogative of the Low Cost companies.
Bordeaux Airport offers all the main services: you will find bars, restaurants, duty free shops, counters for cash withdrawals or currency exchange. The wifi line is available FREE throughout the building for a maximum of 3 hours per device.
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Here is the list of the main direct connections* with Bordeaux Airport:
BELGIUM: Brussels, Charleroi.
CROATIA: Dubrovnik, Split.
CZECH REP: Prague.
ENGLAND: Bristol, London-Gatwick, London–Heathrow, London-Luton, London-Stansted, Manchester.
FRANCE: Ajaccio, Bastia, Brest, Calvi, Figari, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Mulhouse/Basel, Nice, Paris–CDG, Rennes, Strasbourg.
GERMANY: Berlin, Hamburg, Francfort.
GREECE: Athens, Corfù, Heraklion, Mykonos, Rhodes, Santorini.
HUNGARY: Budapest.
IRELAND: Belfast–International, Cork, Dublin.
ITALY: Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Olbia, Palermo, Pisa, Rome–Ciampino, Treviso, Venice.
LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg.
MALTA: Malta.
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam.
NORWAY: Oslo.
POLAND: Kraków.
PORTUGAL: Faro, Lisbon, Porto.
RUSSIA: Moscow–Domodedovo.
SCOTLAND: Edinburgh, Glasgow.
SPAIN: Alicante, Barcelona, Fuerteventura, Granada, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Madrid, Málaga, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Seville, Tenerife–South, Valencia.
SWITZERLAND: Basel/Mulhouse, Genève, Zürich.
ALGERIA: Algiers, Oran.
CANADA: Montréal–Trudeau.
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv.
MOROCCO: Agadir, Casablanca, Essaouira, Fez, Marrakesh, Tangier.
TUNISIA: Tunis.
TURKEY: Istanbul.
CONNECTIONS BORDEAUX AIRPORT – CITY
TRAM
The recommended method, and, above all, cheaper, is the Tram, Line A, opened recently. The stop is located just outside the airport and allows you to reach the center of Bordeaux and the Floirac Dravemont/La Gardette, Bassins, Carbon Blanc stops. The tram is cheap because it allows you to travel with a one-way ticket for €1.70; or, with all types of passes, useful for visiting the city.
Line A operates every day, from 05:00 in the morning to midnight. The journey time to get to the center is around 35′.
BUS-SHUTTLE
The SHUTTLE shuttle runs every day, from Monday to Sunday, including holidays, the airport with the Saint Jean train station. Travel time is approximately 30′. At the airport, the stop is located near Gate 7, Hall B.
The service operates from 08:00 to 23:00 from the airport to the station; from Saint Jean, the rides are active from 06:00 to 21:00. The modern and comfortable buses are equipped with wifi and are perfectly accessible to people with reduced mobility.
Single-journey tickets cost €8.00 full fare and €7.00 reduced fare. By purchasing a return ticket, you get a 10% discount.
*The list is subject to change. All the links, updated, can be consulted on the official website.