<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Haugesund International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Two water aerodromes served Haugesund before the opening of the airport at Helganes. Haugesund Naval Air Station was in use by the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service from 1918 to 1919. Haugesund Airport, Storesundsskj&aelig;r was taken into use in 1936 and served various coastal seaplane services operated by Wider&oslash;e, Norwegian Air Lines and West Norway Airlines until its closing in 1956.The 1962 state commission led by Preben Munthe recommended in a 1965 white paper that Haugesund receive an airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">It prioritized Haugesund second&mdash;after the completion of Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes and Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget&mdash;and parallel with proposed airports in Leknes and Sandnessj&oslash;en. This led to a new debate about the location of an airport for Haugesund.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Ryanair introduced its second service, to Bremen Airport in Germany, on 4 June 2007. Meanwhile, Coast Air introduced direct services from Haugesund to Copenhagen. The company filed for bankruptcy on 23 January 2008. In the wake, Wider&oslash;e commenced a twice-daily service to Copenhagen starting on 30 March 2008. Patronage was too low and the route was terminated by the end of the year. Norwegian returned to Haugesund on 19 August 2009 with three daily services to Oslo.</p>
<p class="blog-para">SAS Commuter's route to Bergen was taken over by Wider&oslash;e in 2010, but closed in October 2016 due to fee rises and lack of demand. The airline resumed the Copenhagen route on 30 October 2011, operating a single daily round trip. Ryanair expanded its portfolio from 27 March 2012 with seasonal routes to Palma de Mallorca, Alicante Airport and Pisa Airport. Wizz Air introduced services to Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport from 4 April.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground Transportation from Haugesund International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is situated at the terminus of European Road E134, between from the town center of Haugesund. There is parking for 1,200 cars at the airport; taxis and car rental is also available.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Tide Buss operates an airport coach service to the town center.NOR-WAY Bussekspress runs its Bergen to Stavanger coach service, Kystbussen, via Haugesund Airport in connection with Ryanair's flights. Travel time to Stavanger is 1:40 hours and to Bergen 3:00 hours. Both involve a ferry ride.</p>
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