There are 10 ways to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) by plane, bus, train, car, car train or car ferry
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Fly from London Heathrow • 3h 15m
$80 - $550
Cheapest option
Bus to London Luton, fly • 6h 15m
$27 - $498
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Fly from London Stansted • 6h 41m
$74 - $679
Train to London Gatwick, fly • 6h 16m
$171 - $473
Train to Southend, fly • 7h
$75 - $359
Train, train to Birmingham, fly • 8h 8m
$182 - $695
Bus via Bucureşti • 33h 14m
Bus • 47h 10m
$141 - $174
Drive, Eurotunnel • 25h 27m
$506 - $666
Drive, car ferry • 26h 46m
$366 - $538
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The cheapest way to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) is to bus and fly which costs £21 - £400 and takes 6h 15m.
The quickest way to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) is to fly which costs £65 - £430 and takes 3h 15m.
No, there is no direct bus from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP). However, there are services departing from Heathrow Airport London T2,3 and arriving at Bucharest Airport, Bucharest Airport Henri Coanda via London and Bucharest, Bucharest Autogara Militari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 10m.
The distance between London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) is 2103 km.
The best way to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) without a car is to bus via Bucureşti which takes 33h 14m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 15m to fly from London Heathrow (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP), including transfers and time at the airport.
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London station.
The best way to get from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) is to fly which takes 3h 15m and costs £65 - £430. Alternatively, you can bus via Bucureşti, which costs and takes 33h 14m.
The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni Airport is the direct flight which takes 3h 15m.
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bucharest, Bucharest Autogara Militari station.
- Distance: 2102.8 km
- Duration: 3h 15m
What companies run services between London Heathrow Airport (LHR), England and Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP), Romania?
British Airways, Tarom and 11 other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) hourly. Alternatively, Maxibus Travel operates a bus from London Victoria to Bucharest 4 times a week, and the journey takes 30h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Luton to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90 - $370
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $340
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Schoenefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $340
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $340
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $340
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $340
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $40 - $340
Flights from Southend to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55 - $260
Flights from Southend to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $750
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $750
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $700
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Luton to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $21 - $280
Flights from London Gatwick to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $240
Flights from Southend to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $280
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $1,200
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230 - $800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $1,000
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $450
- Website
- blueairweb.com
Flights from London Luton to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $330
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120 - $260
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310 - $700
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $900
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $320
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $500
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11 - $29
- Website
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- southernrailway.com
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Anytime Standard
- $11 - $16
- Anytime 1st Class
- $21 - $29
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- customerservices@gatwickexpress.com
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16 - $22
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
- Anytime Standard
- $16 - $22
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
Train from London Liverpool Street to Southend Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21 - $35
- Website
- greateranglia.co.uk
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $15 - $21
- Website
- TfL Rail
- Phone
- 0344 736 9123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Reading to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60 - $200
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Anytime Day
- $60 - $75
- Anytime Day 1st Class
- $130 - $200
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- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $166
- Website
- Eurotunnel
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Heathrow Airport London T2,3 to Luton Airport London
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6 - $8
- Website
- National Express
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- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves 2000+ destinations in 29 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands and Croatia and into Scandinavia and eastern Europe, as well as some US cities. Coaches have toilets, free WiFi and power outlets, plus snacks and drinks for purchase on board. Flixbus is a good choice for the budget-conscious traveller; purchase tickets in advance for the cheapest fares (note: there is no option to reserve a seat in advance).
Rome2rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from London to Bucharest, Bucharest Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130 - $160
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23 - $35
- Website
- P&O Ferries
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Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) is 2h ahead of London Heathrow Airport (LHR). It is currently 12:50 AM in London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and 2:50 AM in Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP).
Tarom, British Airways, Swiss and five other airlines offer flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni Airport.
There are 1998+ hotels available in Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP). Prices start at $100 USD per night.