Paro Airport
Traveller Comments....
"Paro Airport, the only one in Bhutan, must have one of the largest floorspace to flights ratios in the world!" (R S Johnson)
"you are given a full body pat down search before you go to the departure area. This is conducted behind a curtain and is about as intrusive as you can get without a full "cavity" search. (Mark Davy)
Recent Review
"The Paro airport facilities all seem to be relatively new although the arrivals procedure couldn't be more low tech i.e. be prepared for a long wait. It would be possible to catch some shut eye in the departure lounge except for the fact that virtually every Druk Air (Bhutan's national air carrier) flight is booked to absolute capacity therefore ensuring that it is almost always a standing room only situation. There is a guy selling snacks in the departure area and an ill maintained lavatory but not much else. The most memorable thing about this airport is the security system they employ. First you are given a full body pat down search before you go to the departure area. This is conducted behind a curtain and is about as intrusive as you can get without a full "cavity" search. When you leave the boarding gate to walk out onto the tarmac, this procedure is repeated with equal zeal. Just when you think you are home free you are taken aside at the bottom of the stairs to the plane and have the procedure repeated by army personnel sans the curtain. By the time I entered the plane I was starting to understand the concept of feeling physically violated. The only passengers who seemed to be exempt from this process seemed to be the buddhist monks and even a few of them were subject to the same type of probing."
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