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Navette Aéroport shuttle busorTaxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3)?

The short answer

For one traveler the Navette Aéroport shuttle bus is cheaper by €27.50. But at 4 travelers the Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3) takes over, and at 5 travelers the Navette Aéroport shuttle bus takes over, and at 7 travelers the Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3) takes over.

The Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3) is quicker: 20 min against 22 min. The Navette Aéroport shuttle bus varies between 15 and 38 minutes.

Navette Aéroport shuttle bus: 05:50–00:35. Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3): Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersNavette Aéroport shuttle busTaxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3)Difference
1€9.50€37€27.50
2€19€37€18
3€28.50€37€8.50
4€38€37€1
5€39.70€41€1.30
6€39.70€45€5.30
7€49.20€49€0.20
8€58.70€53€5.70

The cheaper option changes at 4 travelers, from the Navette Aéroport shuttle bus to the Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3). The cheaper option changes at 5 travelers, from the Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3) to the Navette Aéroport shuttle bus. The cheaper option changes at 7 travelers, from the Navette Aéroport shuttle bus to the Taxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3). That is the whole reason this comparison is not a single number.

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
taxi · Toulouse and airport taxis, tariff set by the Préfecture de la Haute-GaronneTaxi, regulated flat fare (zone 3)
From
The taxi rank at the arrivals level, ground floor, between doors B3 (Hall B) and C1 (Hall C); the airport's booking line is 05 61 30 02 54
To
Any address in the arrêté's zone 3 — the old town and its boulevards south-east of place Arnaud Bernard, boulevard Lascrosses and boulevard Armand-Duportal, out to pont Guilhemery, Saint-Michel and the Récollets: Capitole, Jean Jaurès, Esquirol, Carmes, Saint-Cyprien and Matabiau
Luggage
Free up to three bags a person in the boot; EUR 2 per bag beyond that, or for anything needing outside carriage, may be added to the forfait.
Runs
All night
Journey
15–35 min

It never beats the EUR 1.90 bus chain — EUR 53 for eight against EUR 9.50 on a Tribu or EUR 15.20 as singles — but it beats shuttle singles from five people (EUR 41 against EUR 47.50) and the shuttle's 6-trip ticket from seven (EUR 49 against EUR 49.20; EUR 53 against EUR 58.70 for eight). Its case is five or more with bags, or the hours after 00:35.

EUR 37 is zone 3, covering the whole old town and Matabiau. Compans-Caffarelli and the Palais des congrès sit on the zone 2 boundary and are EUR 26; Blagnac by the airport is zone 1, EUR 15; Rangueil, the Oncopole and the Labège side are zone 4, EUR 47. A zone map should be in every taxi — ask to see it.

The forfait admits supplements: EUR 4 for each passenger from the fifth, EUR 2 per bag beyond three, EUR 3 if you booked. An ordinary taxi seats four; for five or more, ask the rank or the airport's dispatch for a larger car, which can seat up to eight.

Ask for a stop, a detour or a change of destination on the way and the forfait no longer applies; the meter does — EUR 2.50 to start, EUR 1.13 to 3.16 a kilometer by tariff letter, night rates from 19:00 to 08:00 and on Sundays and holidays, EUR 8 minimum.

No authority publishes a taxi journey time. The 20 minutes here is a working figure: the Navette does the same road in a timetabled 15 to 22 minutes to Jean Jaurès for most of the day and up to 34 in the weekday afternoon peak.

These fares are the 2025 order, still listed as current on 8 July 2026. A 2026 order may exist but is not published; check the printed price list required in the car. A printed receipt is compulsory from EUR 25.

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