{{indexmenu_n>1}}====== Arriving by air ======

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All international flights arrive at Václav Havel Prague Airport, approximately 20 km to the Northwest of the city centre. You can get into town either by catching a city bus (No. 119) or by catching the airport shuttle service. A single private company called CEDAZ runs all minibus shuttle services to the airport. You will see their white vans waiting outside the terminal. There is also a taxi service run by a company called Airport Cars FIX. There are four ways you can get from the airport to the dormitory:

  - You can take a taxi. This is undoubtedly the most comfortable way to travel, but also the most expensive. Prices for a taxi journey from the airport into town range from CZK 300,- CZK 900,- depending on your precise destination. You will find a price list for the service offered by Airport Cars FIX by the company's stand in the airport lounge (we can recommend the AAA taxi, they will give you a discount voucher for the way back to the airport). If you do decide to use a taxi, make sure you get a written estimate for the cost of your journey from the company in the airport lounge before you set out, since this reduces the chance of the driver trying to overcharge you (ask a taxi-driver for the price before).	
  - Hire a Prague Airport shuttle to take you direct to the dormitory. It costs 24 EUR (for 1–4 passengers) or 37 EUR (for 5–8 passengers), and it is generally cheaper than taking a taxi. However, it is also slower, since the van will have up to eight passengers, and will have to visit up to eight different addresses. Your address may be eighth in line. Write down the address of your dormitory to show to the shuttle driver. See more at http://www.prague-airport-shuttle.com
  - Take city bus No. 119 or the regular airport shuttle service to "Dejvická" Metro Station, line A (by the Diplomat Hotel). Then, after you get to Dejvická, take a taxi. This reduces the length of the taxi journey. To take the city bus you will need to buy a ticket for CZK 24,- (valid for 30 minutes) or CZK 32,- (valid for 90 minutes) in the airport lounge, and you must remember to validate the ticket by date-stamping it when you get on the bus. There is also the possibility to get „sms ticket“ but this is possible only for those who have the Czech phone number.
  - To take an airport shuttle, you pay CZK 150,- direct to the driver and you will come to V Celnici street in the centre of Prague. It goes every 30 minutes. See more at  http://www.cedaz.cz
  - Take city bus No. 100 — a special fast and frequent service from the airport to the Zličín metro station (underground line B) from where you can get to central Prague by metro.

^For general information on Prague Václav Havel airport, see the Czech Airport Authority website: http://www.prg.aero/en, which includes full details of transport to the airport by city bus, minibus and taxi (in English).^