Being the home base for Royal Brunei Airlines, Brunei Airport is the main airport in the nation and its commercial flights began operation as early as 1953. This grand airport has the capacity of handling 2 million passengers and if you are lucky, you might even catch a slight glimpse of the sultan since his private flights are based here. Of course, that will be in the slightest chance.
Transportation from the airport
Higher chances are that you would be on the other end of Brunei Airport looking at your car hire options or trying to flag down a taxi or running towards the shuttle bust so that you catch a ride just before it leaves.
These are the major transportation options when leaving Brunei Airport. If you are wondering which of the above you should take, how about trying out car hire as this also seems to the most popular among many travelers. See, car rental has its various many advantages and one of those is that in the long run, the service is much cheaper that getting a taxi to take you round the city and its environs.
At the arrivals terminus of Brunei Airport, there are several car-for-hire agencies based here ready to fulfill your rental car needs. It is however vital that you should have performed research on the various agencies well in advance. This is because such preparedness will fully equip you with:
- Comparison of charges among the various agencies
- Restrictions each agency may have. Such restrictions may be on borders, mileage or even age.
- Policies of the different car rental companies - Policies perhaps covering the pickup and drop off locations, full gas tank upon drop off and other such things
- Information on the quality of services offered by the various agencies
Road rules and regulations
Just knowing about the different rent-a-car companies at Brunei Airport does not prepare you enough. You have to be familiar with the traffic rules of the land just so you do not end up running into trouble with the authorities.
- Driving is on the left hand side of the road and overtaking should be done from the right.
- If you see and accident and you are driving towards it, turn on your hazard lights. This is also so if your vehicle happens to break down on the road.
- If you are travelling with a child below the age of 3, make sure they are strapped in a child set.
- Your international or national driver’s license is acceptable in Brunei, but only for 3 months after which you should get a Brunei license.
- Only park at the designated zones
- Some of the road signs are in Malay. Having a translation at hand will be worth considering, or even learning the language itself.
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