Why would anyone fly to Budapest rather than Timișoara?

For intercontinental destinations and for some low-cost routes, Budapest has direct connections Timișoara does not, and the ticket often works out cheaper even counting the transfer. If you do fly straight into Timișoara, the transfer from Traian Vuia is booked the same way.

Private transfer

Aeroport Budapesta (BUD) - Timișoara

Transfer from Budapest Airport to Timișoara: 310 km, around three and a half hours, at a fixed price settled before you travel.

Budapest has air links Timișoara does not, so for many long-haul destinations it is simpler to fly there and do the last leg by road. It is 310 kilometres, around three and a half hours, almost entirely on motorway: the M5 towards Szeged, the crossing at Nădlac, then the A1 through Arad. Since Romania joined Schengen by land nobody stops at the border any more, though at peak times the traffic through there does bunch up.

Distance: 310 km
Estimated time: 3 h 23 min

Distance and time measured on the real route, not estimated in a straight line. Traffic can change them; the price does not.

What the transfer includes

Budapest arrivals pickup, with your name on a sign if you choose meet & greet
Almost entirely motorway, crossing the border at Nădlac
A fixed price in euro, settled before departure, with no border charges

See the price for this route

The price is calculated on the real route and shown before you confirm.

Questions about this route

Romania and Hungary are both in Schengen, so there is no border check at Nădlac any more and you drive straight through. Keep your ID to hand all the same, since police may carry out checks in the border area, and at busy periods there can still be a queue from the traffic itself.

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