Cheap flights to Helsinki: the single terminal, and the four-week rail trap
Travelers landing at Helsinki Airport encounter no terminal puzzle to solve. Most airport guides open with the question of which terminal you…
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Jake Mercer
Jake Mercer writes for PenguFly. This page collects every article by this author: trip reports, routes, practical travel tips and cheap flight ideas.
Cheap flights to Sofia: the two-terminal split, and the money that changed
Sofia Airport operates two passenger terminals, but travelers expecting a budget-versus-legacy split encounter a different reality. The airport metro station, "Летище София",…
Cheap flights to Madeira: the runway on pillars, and the bus that stops short of town
Cristiano Ronaldo Madeira International Airport has a reputation online that its own paperwork does not support. No operator, regulator, aviation authority, or…
Cheap Flights to Zagreb: The Airport in Another Town, and the Bus on Its Own Page
Franjo Tuđman Airport is not in Zagreb. The operator's official address places the airport at Ulica Rudolfa Fizira 21 in Velika Gorica,…
Cheap Flights to Sapporo: The Train Under the Wrong Building
The train station at New Chitose Airport sits inside the complex, but international arrivals land in the wrong building. New Chitose Airport…
Cheap Flights to Basel: The French Airport With the Swiss Exit
The airport you land at when booking a flight to Basel is not in Switzerland. EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg stands physically entirely…
Cheap Flights to Bergen: The Airport Tram on the Lower Floor That Takes 44 Minutes
The rail platform at Bergen Airport Flesland (BGO) really is inside the terminal. According to airport operator Avinor, the Bybanen light rail…
Cheap Flights to Almaty: The Country That Moved All Its Clocks at Once
On 1 March 2024, Kazakhstan moved its entire territory onto a single time zone, UTC+5. Before that shift, the country had been…
Cheap Flights to Vilnius: The Airport Train That Stops at Twenty Past Seven
Vilnius has one of the shortest airport rail links in Europe. Step out of the passenger terminal at Vilnius Airport (VNO), walk…
Cheap flights to Genoa: the airport built out into the sea, the coast it actually opens, and the two autumn deadlines nobody tells you about
Genoa's airport is shaped by geography. Pinned between the steep Ligurian Apennines and the sea, Genoa has almost no flat land along…
Cheap flights to Bilbao: the airport with no train, the coach that goes to San Sebastián instead, and the four doors into the Basque Country
Most travelers flying into northern Spain for the first time arrive with assumptions shaped by Madrid and Barcelona. They expect Mediterranean warmth,…
Cheap flights to Turin: the airport train, the ski shuttles, and the Milan habit that costs you an hour
Here is the arithmetic that decides a ski trip to the western Italian Alps, and almost nobody runs it. Fly into Milan…