Getting from the airport to the city in Madagascar

Ravinala Airports, which holds the concession for Ivato and for Nosy Be, lists four ways out of the terminal on its own access page. It gives a phone number for three of them and a fare for none:

• No fare is published for any of it, by the airport, by an operator or by a transport authority. That is a real answer rather than a gap in this guide: there is no official Ivato to Antananarivo price to check a driver against.
• So agree the fare before the car moves, which is what Global Affairs Canada advises for Madagascar generally: ask the driver to start the meter or negotiate the fare in advance, and have small notes ready.
• The bus has no published timetable either, and both governments advise against the shared minibuses on safety grounds, so line D is a fact about the airport's geography rather than a recommendation.

• Use pre-booked taxis or hotel transport. That is the FCDO's instruction for Madagascar, not general caution.
• Do not hail a taxi on the street, do not share one with strangers, and do not let the driver pick up anyone else en route.
• Note the driver's name and plate number.
• Avoid the multi-passenger vans, the taxi-brousse and the taxi-be. Both governments single them out, for accidents and for robbery.
• Keep car doors locked and windows closed, particularly in Antananarivo. Smash-and-grab thefts target cars stuck in traffic.
• Armed robbery on main roads is frequent, particularly at night and outside major towns. An arrival that lands after dark is an arrival that should end at the first hotel, not at the far end of a road journey.

• Both the international and the renovated domestic terminal have a currency exchange office, and the domestic terminal now has an ATM area.
• Businesses in the duty-free zone can only be paid in foreign currency. The airport quotes the law: Article 10 of Decree 21449/2015/MFB/SG/DGD of 25 June 2015. Ariary is not accepted airside, so do not change your last euros before the duty-free shop.
• Currency formalities are done at the customs office, Door 87, Terminal C. If you are declaring cash, that is where you go, not the general queue.

• There is no long-stay parking package. The airport says so on its own FAQ.

• Three terminals: international, domestic and cargo. The domestic terminal was rebuilt and reopened in 2026, doubling its capacity to 216 passengers an hour.
• Ivato links the capital to ten destinations, including Paris, Istanbul, Dubai, Johannesburg, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Reunion and Mauritius.
• Baggage is handled by Madagascar Ground Handling. Claims go to the dispute area in the international terminal, or +261 34 49 222 01.