The building is new, the staff is sleepy. Although I flew mostly at night. A huge plus is that there is a smoking room in the waiting room. At the same time, smoking is not allowed at the entrance to the airport building, they may be fined. Admission is by ticket only, mourners cannot get inside (or for a fee).
There is little quality product. Mostly expensive consumer goods. Souvenir sellers are arrogant and lazy. There is a clean toilet, several grocery stores. Lots of free places to relax
It is a small airport, but it has everything a traveler needs. There are shelves with drinking water, taxi prepayments (there are fixed prices) The taxi drivers attacking you will offer more. You can also take a bus (if not further than Calangute and without luggage, you can take a chance)
A very good airport. Upon arrival, you get the impression that you are very welcome and want to please, trying to help carry your suitcase. But this is not the case. They just want to make money!!! You need to know this and roll your luggage yourself, without unnecessary expenses... Otherwise, everything is comfortable. There is an air conditioner, of course, they are not very proud of cleanliness here, so wet wipes will help you!)))
A large comfortable airport, everything is fast and clear. I read horror movies about him and was nervous for the first time. But the Indians have organized everything well
It's bad at the entrance and hard at the exit. No one is in a hurry here.. Three hours at the border for the e visa. On departure, everything is normal, the burgers are really raw, but the water is at a reasonable price. There's nothing to take in Dutifrey at all! There is no rum there!
When we arrived in GOA, we spent an hour and a half at Dabolim airport while checking the electronic visa. We flew away, and also waited in line for more than an hour until we passed the inspection. Airport staff are working slowly, so we need to increase the staff. We were put on a plane, which we had to sit on for 2 hours, as we were waiting for a passenger who was checked by customs. The people began to be indignant, it was hot and the air conditioners did not help. After arriving in Moscow, I have not been able to recover for three days, the road was so exhausting.
The conveyor belt for suitcases does not work, the fruits in the baskets were told to be checked in, although 2 days before that, people were flying, fruits were taken in hand luggage. It's a sooo long walk to the plane. Few people speak English, no one speaks Russian. Long queues, they offer to take extra turns for 2000. During a personal inspection, they find fault with any little things, up to lipstick.
I liked the airport itself. But there are few duty-free shops in the departure area. Prices at cafes to drink coffee while waiting for a flight, unlike at Russian airports, are pleasant. That is, there are no crazy prices.
Upon arrival, prepare for a 3-hour queue at passport control. When departing, it is better to arrive about 4 hours in advance: the airport is military, so control and inspection can last all this time. Plus, the flight may be delayed by an hour. Be ready) be patient) Charge your phone and power bank. By the way, all electronics are in hand luggage (not in luggage!). Do not let your stay at the airport spoil your impression of a vacation in this interesting country!
The Indian authorities have come up with another test for Russians who have an Indian electronic visa through customs no earlier than 2-3 hours, standing in a long queue after a difficult flight. One person is served for 10-15 minutes. Documents are checked for a long time, photographing again, fingerprints of 6 fingers (who will be less lucky). Our morning flight was followed by an English one, they quickly opened free racks, then I did not track the situation, but I can guess how things are with the British.
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Anonymous review
March 20, 2020
It's a pretty convenient airport. upon arrival, guys in uniform T-shirts will pick you up, they will even name your tour operator and grab your luggage - this is a divorce.for carrying 20 meters of your bags, you will be charged 600-1000 rubles.
The new airport. The security measures are impressive. Starting from the soldier checking the ticket of everyone entering the airport building, and ending with the last inspector, I counted 13 control points. Over the past couple of years, there have been more shops, and more seats in the waiting room. Everything seems to be fine... I hope that the rat in the VIP lounge was a pure accident.
The airport is military, very good, but there are always long queues for registration and passport control. A good dutik and the prices in it, if you take a product of the same type, several pieces make a huge discount. 👍
Military airport. Therefore, strict and tedious customs control. Hindus do everything very slowly. But there are also advantages! In recent years, shops and cafes have appeared, which was not there. And the rest is the same as everywhere else)))
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January 3, 2020
We like Dabolim Airport in Goa. Clean, comfortable, strict discipline! There are a lot of people waiting in line for registration for hours upon arrival, they work very slowly.
The airport is military, hence the all-pervasive consequences. Boarding a plane is more like a good quest. It is necessary to understand the mentality of the Indians a little and be patient, they do everything slowly. That's why there are very frequent flight delays. Anyone who has ever been there will understand me. If you tell all the nuances, it will take a whole post. I warn you right away, in order to enter the airport upon returning home, you need to immediately prepare a printed itinerary and passport, presenting them to the military at the entrance. Otherwise you'll get stuck in the doorway. It is possible electronically on the phone. Then, according to the circumstances, see.
There is a very large multi-hour queue and chaos upon arrival. So, in the visa queue, when we had already stood half of the queue, the airport staff suddenly opened an additional entrance, letting the queue in from the end. As a result, those who arrived later were the first, and those who were ahead were again at the end of the queue.
Military airport.
There are no questions about the arrival.
But there is nothing to do on departure, two tents with food and an expensive dutik, in which, by the way, you can bargain))))
There are smoking rooms.
On arrival, there is a red room behind the electronic queue
On departure at the end of the hall on the left.
They check very scrupulously, there are always queues.You have to arrive at the airport in 3-4 hours, duty free is weak.On the other hand, it is our security.Have a nice trip, everyone!
Do not leave the charger in your luggage, because of this, 30 suitcases did not arrive on our flight!!!! Not everyone pays attention to this. At the airport, in general, the prices are quite acceptable. Not very good with food.
We got into a huge queue at the visa control, we stood for three hours, a big minus, since we have to stand after the flight for more than six hours. I liked that the repair was done and the smoking rooms were equipped
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Екатерина Марьянкова
Level 14 Local Expert
February 21, 2020
A small airport. You can enter the building only by showing tickets. One of the food is a cafe with burgers, where there is a huge queue. Everything is delayed, there are queues everywhere. There are crazy taxi drivers and many representatives of tour operators with buses at the exit. Lighters cannot be carried in hand luggage. After passport control, there is a smoking room with a strange device for lighting a cigarette on the wall. In general, everything is a mess
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Anonymous review
March 12, 2019
The airport is military, you can enter it only if you have a ticket. Everyone is very slow, they stood at customs for 2.5 hours upon arrival. The waiting rooms are average, there is no duty free as such, everything is very slow. For me, the advantage was the presence of a smoking room. And also, when I returned home, I broke my leg, so they were very sensitive, they sat me in a chair, went through all the zones with me, brought me on the plane.
If it were possible to put a zero, I would put a zero. They torment people by standing in several huge queues for hours ! Several flights are piling up. All people are exhausted!!!!! And the airport administration has no desire to open additional counters! We are flying out of there for the third time and every year it gets worse!
The old airport was very cozy, but in the new one you have to travel a long distance to passport control, and there is a complete mess at baggage claim, suitcases are thrown off the tape, you have to find them. But there are no complaints about the staff, everyone is very friendly
Considering that this is India, it was cheaper and more comfortable than our Krasnodar several times and the prices at the airport are much more pleasant than ours
The airport is getting better and better every year, the toilets are clean, and there is a large waiting room.I don't even want to remember what he was like five years ago.
The airport is military, so everything is strict, and you can't agree with humor, navigation is normal, the dutik is a little poor, if you want to bring Indian Rum, then it's not there, the payment is for rupees.
It's a good airport. Everything is fast. Maybe because it's a military airport. Hand luggage is not hung. We handed over 80.2 bags for four people, they didn't tell us anything. They gave Alenka a chocolate bar and gave us good seats on the plane)
This is a normal airport for India. It turns out that before check-in and baggage check-in, it is necessary to go through baggage control. Many people miss this local feature, they have to repeatedly defend the queue for registration
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Anonymous review
March 30, 2020
We took off from GOA airport on 03/22/2020. we arrived at 17.00.There was one cafe, the staff worked without gloves, masks....and there was nothing left when it was my turn....everything about security is at the highest level.
I left in an emergency, so the details are not relevant. A normal airport. We were pleased with the responsive and friendly airport staff.
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Дима Легенда
Level 13 Local Expert
November 29, 2019
One of the most complete international airports in the world, has been, is and always will be. In 2007, they complained about the modest old building and the military in the neighborhood. It's been 12(!) years, a new, huge building has been built. Has anything improved for passengers? - No and no.
Eternal Goan laziness, filth and contempt for people.
They kept the two-deck Boeing in the air for an hour, not allowing landing, and stood on the field for the second hour. There are 550 passengers on the plane. Then there are 2-3 hour queues for passport control.
May you choke on your tea there.
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Лариса
Level 6 Local Expert
March 9, 2020
Dabolim Airport is a military airport. All employees wear military uniforms. A strict pass inside the airport, at the entrance they check the departure ticket and compare passport data. It is FORBIDDEN to have lighters, electronic cigarettes, USB, any supporting chargers with you, as well as in your luggage, everything will be irrevocably taken away. Screening of women and men in separate booths. There are quite a lot of comfortable chairs in the waiting room, only two catering points, five small pavilions with branded products. There is a small smoking area, a piezo cigarette lighter is mounted in the wall. Everything is clean, good air conditioning.
A nice, clean airport, lots of places, there is a place to eat and just sit.Boarding the plane is carried out promptly, upon arrival, the luggage is given out very quickly.