PASSENGERS WITHOUT A TRIP ON THE AEROBUS TO FUNCHAL

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

This afternoon was complicated for many passengers who arrived at Madeira Airport and were unable to travel on the bus to Funchal.

This was the case of a woman who arrived at the airport and could not find a seat on the Aerobus.

The reasons given by the driver were to many passengers waiting for a seat, than the vehicle could carry. 

The woman revealed that the bus stop was completely full. She still tried to arrange a taxi, but gave up because of the price.

The large influx of passengers to Funchal forced the transport company to reinforce the connection with two regular buses.

It should be noted that this trip is made between the Airport and Funchal, with reduced hours on Sundays, since after lunch it travels every hour.

From Jornal Madeira

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22 Responses

  1. Re this incident, this is just one of many that shows Madeira needs to think about limiting the number of tourists it can handle. Tourists are complaining about queues in many places and won’t return if restrictions are not put in place.

    1. Wrong! Which place on the earth is limiting the number of tourists? When I go to other countries I see queues triple as here and no one is complaining. Who complain must be someone who goes for holidays and doesnt want to spend money. Dot.

    2. This is more to show with the Madeiran Tourist Board getting it’s act together and fulfilling it’s reason for being. They are paid to encourage and make welcome more visitors. Don’t tell me that this was a special occasion, a one off, I would be surprised if any more aircraft arrived and departed yesterday than any other comparable Sunday. The only reason for a bottleneck would be if weather conditions had meant aircraft were landing when they could.

  3. Not a one off Tobi – we used the Aerobus on Sunday 29th Jan after our Gatwick morning flight. Standing room only and lots of passengers who had to wait for the next bus or get a taxi.

  4. I’ve also been experiencing this since January – there are often significant queues and often there are few available taxis (and none at the “taxi lite” / Bolt lower fares). There is a periodic local service from the other bus stop – which I used earlier this month as the Aerobus was oversubscribed – but it’s no use if you have luggage.

    There’s a similar problem in the opposite direction – it can take forever to board passengers in Funchal owing to the numbers and delay the journey to the airport significantly.

  5. Obviously, a few more buses are required for this route? In the mean time I would recommend everyone to wait for the next bus and not get ripped off by the taxi drivers

  6. Or the pensioners who don’t want to drag their suitcases from Bus stop to Hotel ask the taxi driver how much to your Funchal Hotel and if it’s over 40Euros ask another one.

    1. You obviously are not a pensioner, yet. You won’t be young forever, and than probably you will change your tune.

      1. Zofia, I’m 82 and use the Aeroporto bus when I stay at a hotel with a bus stop outside. Otherwise I follow my own advice and ask the fare before hiring a Taxi. I have been known to share the cost of a Taxi with others who have been waiting for a bus.

  7. Perhaps Madeira should be encouraging the sort of people who can afford €30 euros for the cab fare rather than people who can’t.

  8. As regular visitors to Madeira we always pre book with Madeira Airport Transfers. Very reasonable at 44 Euros for a return trip, so 22 each way. Very reliable and saves lots of hassle

  9. If you was going to get a taxi to Funchal you would not be at the bus stop in the first place? ?

  11. Lavinia, I am a Londoner and am NOT a cheap Cockney tourist. They are all in the Canary islands. In 25 years of going to Madeira we have never encountered your so-called cheap Cockney tourists. You need to learn some manners!

    1. Lavinia, do you know the difference between a Cockney and a Taffy and a Scouser and a Macam and a Geordie and a Jock and a Brummie etc etc? Not every Briton that goes to Madeira is a “Cockney”.

      1. Maurice, perhaps Oscar Wilde had Lavinia in mind when he wrote “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.”

  12. Where exactly were you when the milk of human kindness was handed out?

  14. Well after reading everything lost for words if the buses aren’t sufficient then they should allow another type of transportation like more taxis or even tuck tucks or add more buses to relive the problem . And I understand people around where but this is a problem not only in the airport but also in Santa Cruz area and others areas of the island where that during the school time their is plenty buses but when arriving the summer they are reduce to the minimum and will affect the locals particular the old people that dont have transport and live alone without their relatives and also will affect the tourists also. And the main problem the bus company controls all that area and they do whatever they want .

  15. comment section needs to calm down haha. a person had to wait for another bus, who cares? if their is too many of these waiting persons then add another bus to the route. XD

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