To get to the famous resorts on the Sea of Marmara, the Mediterranean and the Aegean in Turkey, you don’t have to fly to Istanbul or Antalya. It is enough to take a flight to Dalaman airport.
It is to this international airport that flights from various cities of the world are carried out: Moscow, Kiev, Minsk, Milan, Rome, Hanover, Brussels, Vienna, Oslo and many others. More than 125 areas, both external and internal. served here. Some of these flights are seasonal and are carried out only during the resort period - from May to October, when a large number of tourists flock to Turkey for leisure. Many large and small airlines enjoy the hospitality of Dalaman Airport. Typically, these flights are charter flights associated with vacationers visiting Turkish resorts.
Airport location and functionality
Dalaman airport itself (photo attached) is located near the resort town of the same name, 6 kilometers from it. This is a modern terminal with great potential. At the moment, Dalaman Airport can carry out 35 flights at the same time both for departure and reception. Every year, more than 3.5 million passengers use its services.
Now Dalaman Airport is a large modern construction of a flight service with two terminals and 24 registration desks. Since the opening of the terminal in 1987, many years have passed. Over such a long period, the airport underwent several reconstructions. Some construction is still underway. Every year, thanks to the introduction of modern innovations, Dalaman Airport is increasing its estimated annual throughput. Already at the moment, this figure is, according to the organizers, 10 million passengers.
Service infrastructure
The terminal building now is 4 floors, where the first and second are for the seats of passengers, and the rest are used for departure and arrival.
For the comfort of customers on the territory of the airport building there are:
- duty free shops;
- bars and cafes;
- ATMs and exchange offices;
- post office;
- pay phones;
- wireless Internet;
- pharmacy;
- points of sale of the press;
- flower shop;
- bathrooms;
- room of mother and child;
- luggage storage rooms;
- children's room and playground for games;
- first-aid post;
- a waiting room and rest;
- lounge for passengers with young children;
- travel agencies.
For convenience and a comfortable pastime, all this is offered to its customers by Dalaman Airport. Turkey is always glad to its guests and is trying to provide them with a lot of services. A wide passenger service infrastructure confirms this.
Like all international airports in the world, Dalaman has a well-developed structural network of duty-free shops. There for little money you can buy products of famous brands.
Special services
Especially religious passengers are not deprived of attention. For them, there are places where you can pray at the airport, regardless of religion. For this, the organizers allocated a place under the chapel, mosque and synagogue. Such an attitude towards people of different religions indicates respect for them.
After landing at the airport immediately comes a feeling of convenience and confidence. From the plane, passengers almost instantly get into the station building along the "sleeve". However, they are not bothered by any weather surprises.
Mutually beneficial cooperation
Mutually beneficial cooperation of airlines, land carriers and travel agencies resulted in an established system of circulation of passenger flows, without delays and massive traffic jams. All passenger traffic from the airport is completely “tailored” for the flight schedules of various directions. Tourists get to and from Dalaman Airport by comfortable air-conditioned buses. If vacationers use the services of travel agencies, then a transfer to either side of the airport is included in the price of the ticket. Otherwise, the fare for a car is up to 10 US dollars. The trip in the direction of Marmaris - Dalaman Airport will take no more than one and a half hours, in Fethiye - about an hour. If necessary, at the request of passengers, the driver can make a stop at the territory of one of the gas stations.
For the entire period of operation of the airport terminal, there were no overlaps, and there have never been any facts of baggage theft at the airport. Lost & Found service will always come to the rescue, dealing with any incident.
Sights of the region
More and more tourists are attracted to part of the Turkish Riviera of the Dalaman region. This is due to the development of new excursion destinations for the sights:
- Hippocampus . Rocky ancient graves. The most popular attraction of this area.
- Kalinda . An ancient hilltop settlement where you can admire the whole region.
- Kaunos . Antique city with Roman baths.
- Sultani thermal natural healing complex.
- Sarsyla, Kursunlu, Ekinik, Bungus bays are nature conservation complexes with picturesque places.
- The Dalian river with a unique mud treatment complex.
- Dalaman River with rapid flows, popular with rafting enthusiasts.
All these routes, combined with a beach holiday, make the Dalaman region attractive to tourists. Accordingly, an increasing number of vacationers visiting this region are using the services that Dalaman Airport provides them.
The slogan of all structural units of the Dalaman airport: “We strive for international success!”