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Bucharest Baneasa Airport (BBU) to the city

Baneasa sits inside Bucharest on the Soseaua Bucuresti-Ploiesti, served by ordinary STB city buses including line 131.

  • Baneasa is inside Bucharest, not out in the countryside like Otopeni.
  • Bus 131 is the useful line: Piata Romana, Piata Victoriei, Soseaua Kiseleff, Piata Presei Libere, Soseaua Bucuresti-Ploiesti, Baneasa Airport.
  • Piata Victoriei and Piata Romana are metro stations, so the bus connects straight into the underground.
  • Lines 335, 148, 112 and 301 also serve the airport.
  • These are ordinary STB city buses, priced as such, with no airport surcharge.
  • Pay with an STB card, a contactless bank card or by text message.

An airport on a city bus route

  • Baneasa is Bucharest's older, closer airport, on the Soseaua Bucuresti-Ploiesti heading north out of the city.
  • No express service is needed because the ordinary network already runs past it.
  • Line 131 is the one to know, running down Soseaua Kiseleff through Piata Victoriei to Piata Romana.

The metro connection

  • Piata Victoriei is an interchange between metro lines M1, M2 and M3.
  • Piata Romana is on M2.
  • That makes 131 plus the metro a complete journey to almost anywhere in Bucharest.

Paying

  • STB card, contactless bank card, or SMS. Three ways, none of which requires finding a kiosk.
  • Ordinary city fares apply, with no airport premium.

Which Bucharest airport

  • Henri Coanda at Otopeni is the main one and handles almost all scheduled traffic.
  • Baneasa handles business aviation and a limited passenger operation. Check which one your flight actually uses, since the two are 10 km apart on the same road.

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