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Galway by plane
Galway by plane
Galway Airport, at Carnmore (IATA: GWY) is serviced by Aer Árann . The schedule changes occasionally, but it may have flights to/from: Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester, Newcastle, Cork, Cardiff, Leeds Bradford, Bristol, London Luton, Lorient (Brittany), and Waterford.
The airport is about 10km east of the town, but public transportation links are poor, with only three buses per day - and their times are not co-ordinated with flight times. (If you do take this route please let them know this is poor!). A taxi cost €15 - €25 depending on traffic: this high rate is because the Airport charges €5 to taxis serving it. (You could walk to a nearby address [5mins] and call a taxi from there, saving €5.)
Car Rentals are available.
Shannon Airport is the main airport serving the west of Ireland. It is an international airport with many more flights available than Galway Airport, is served by an hourly bus to Galway, car rentals are also available. It is about 1 and 1/2 hours in the bus to Galway, but about an hour by car.
Others: many people going to Galway travel via Dublin, Cork or Ireland West (Knock) airports. This page has detailed about public transport between Galway and all airports.
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