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Getting There By Air Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) Tel: 8155 0250. Fax: 6481 2001. E-mail: passasjerservice@osl.no Website: www.osl.no/english Situated 47km (29 miles) north of Oslo, Gardermoen is Norway’s main international airport. Built in 1998 and designed to cope with up to 17 million passengers each year, it is currently servicing a little under 14 million. Users are wise to allow a little extra time – the layout of the terminal entails quite a lot of walking (running if connections are tight). Major airlines: Scandinavian Airlines System – SAS/Star Alliance (tel: 8100 3300; website: www.scandinavian.net), is the national carrier, with flights to Oslo from several US airports, including New York, Washington, Seattle and Chicago (many via London, Copenhagen or other European hubs) and daily flights from the UK. Oslo is the major domestic hub, with regular flights to 50 Norwegian airports. Braathens (tel: 8152 0000; website: www.braathens.no), SAS and Widerĝe (tel: 6711 6000; website: www.wideroe.no) operate daily scheduled domestic services including 35 return flights a day to the major cities of Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger. Other major carriers include British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa and Icelandair. Airport facilities: These include airport hotels, bank and currency exchange office, ATMs, cafés, bars, restaurants, various shops – including newsagents, a pharmacy and gift shop – and a travel agency. There are also lounges, a VIP lounge, silent room/meditation area, a first aid room and a tourist help desk. Car hire firms with representation in the terminal building are Avis, Europcar, Budget, Hertz and SIXT. Business facilities: Four business lounges are available to passengers of Braathens, SAS, British Airways and their numerous partners. Transport to the city: Flytoget (tel: 8150 0777; website: www.flytoget.no) is the express train from the airport to Oslo S station. The journey time is 19 minutes and departures are every ten minutes. Flytoget operates from the airport between 0545-2434 and from Oslo S station 0445-2405. The fare is NOK140 one way. SAS Transport Service (tel: 2300 2409) operates a bus service from the airport to Oslo centre (journey time – 45 minutes), costing NOK100 one way, or NOK150 return. These are available to serve all departing and arriving flights. Special fixed price airport taxis can be ordered in advance from Oslo Taxi Central (tel: 2323 2323). There are also regular taxi ranks outside the arrivals entrance. The fare to central Oslo starts at NOK475. Sandefjord (Torp) (TRF) Tel: 3342 7000. Fax: 3342 7520. E-mail: info@torp.no Website: www.torp.no Although situated some 118km (74 miles) to the southwest of Oslo, the independently operated Torp airport has grown in importance since closure of the capital’s centrally situated Fornebu Airport, in 1998. It is much smaller than Gardermoen but offers low-cost alternative international routes, as well as some domestic connections. Major airlines: Ryanair (tel: 8200 0720; website www.ryanair.ie) operates services to and from London Stansted, Glasgow Prestwick and Frankfurt Hahn, while KLM (tel: 8100 1200; website: www.klm.com) flies to and from Amsterdam. Widerĝe (tel: 6711 6000; website: www.wideroe.no) offers routes from Copenhagen and Stockholm, while CoastAir (tel: 8154 4442) provides a domestic connection to Haugesund. Airport facilities: Torp is small, however, there are shop, bar and cafeteria facilities. Car hire is available from Budget, Hertz, Europcar and Avis. Business facilities: Seeing as Torp is such a small airport, there are no dedicated lounges or business centres. Transport to the city: A coach service, on behalf of Ryanair (see above), links Torp with Oslo’s city centre and serves all incoming and outbound Ryanair flights – buses depart Oslo three hours before flight time. Tickets are NOK110 one way and NOK200 return for Ryanair passengers (journey time – approximately 2 hours). There are regular trains to the capital from Sandefjord station, hourly from 0500-2200 on weekdays. The station is approximately eight kilometres (five miles) from the airport and is reachable by taxi. A journey to Sandefjord station costs approximately NOK130 (journey time – 10 minutes). Approximate flight times to Oslo: From London is 1 hour 45 minutes; from New York is 7 hours 20 minutes; from Los Angeles is 14 hours; from Toronto is 10 hours 25 minutes and from Sydney is 26 hours 35 minutes. Arrival/departure tax: A departure tax of NOK87 from Gardermoen or NOK110 from Torp is included in the ticket. Additional airport taxes may also apply – these are also included in the ticket price. |
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