How to get to Warszawa

The location of Warsaw guarantees convenient air, road and train connections. You can choose between any of the world major airlines which maintain daily connections with Warsaw International Airport and low-cost careers flying to Warsaw from many European airports. The newly rebuilt Warsaw International Airport Okęcie is located within the city limits and the price of one-way taxi from the airport to the Warsaw Marriott Hotel should not exceed 15 EUR (during the day i.e. between 6.00 a.m. and 10.00 p.m.). Recommended taxi corporations which operate at the Warsaw International Airport : Merc (0048 22 677 77 77), Sawa Taxi (0048 22 644 44 44), Radio Taxi 9191. Alternatively, you can get on the bus line 175 and directly reach the city centre. The bus also stops by the Marriot Hotel. The city has convenient and inexpensive railway connections with many capital cities of surrounding countries (e.g. Vienna, Prague, Berlin, Budapest). The railway station Warszawa Centralna is situated in the very heart of the City – a few minutes walk from the conference site.

Official Airlines

The Star Alliance members airlines are pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline Network for 18th International Conference on Solid State Ionics.

To obtain the Star Alliance Conventions Plus discounts and for booking office information please visit www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus and:

1.Choose “For delegates”
2.Under “Delegates login” enter conventions code LO01S11.
3.Choose one of the participating airlines listed
4.Call the respective reservation contact listed and quote the conventions code LO01S11 when booking the ticket

Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event can qualify for a discount of up to 20%, depending on fare and class of travel booked.

The participating airlines for this event are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Blue1, bmi, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EgyptAir, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS International Air Lines, TAP Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, United.

Discounts are offered on most published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.

Please note: For travel from Japan and New Zealand special fares or discounts are offered by the participating airlines on their own network.

When making your travel plans please present confirmation of your registration or proof of attendance.

Public transportation system in Warszawa

The urban transportation system in Warsaw is well organized, inexpensive and quite efficient. It consists of the underground (subway / metro), commuter trains, tramways and buses. Price of one ticket for any of the means – 2.80 PLN (approx. 0,70 EUR as per July 2010). However, visitors who would like to intensively use the public transport, are advised to buy short-term tickets (e.g. 32 PLN / 7 days). International students are entitled to 50% fare reduction upon presentation of a valid ISIC card (International Student Identity Card).