Passengers who want to eat in Otopeni Airport face exaggerated prices.
A merdenea costs 20 lei at the airport PHOTO: Archive
Travelers who have flights from Otopeni Airport find themselves in the situation of being frequent customers of the duty-free shops open inside, especially since they sometimes have to wait hours before take-off.
Moreover, according to the rules, they are not allowed to go through the border control with containers larger than 100 ml, so they are forced to buy water, coffee, juices, etc. from inside.
But that the prices of the products in the shops cause great dissatisfaction and controversy among travelers.
“A simple snack at the capital's airport can cost Romanians and all tourists no less than 100 lei per person, if we also include a bottle of water and a dessert. For example, a merdeneaa with cheese of only 160 gr costs 20 lei, as much as a hot meal composed of a generous piece of meat, side dish of your choice and a salad, which we can find at a canteen in Bucharest for only 20 lei . Given that, at pastry shops in Bucharest, such a cake can be bought for only 5 lei”according to antena3.ro.
Even the banal sandwich, with dry salami, has a price of 55 lei, an enormous amount for an ordinary Romanian, but also for Westerners.
