The ‘most expensive airport’ has $20 beers and $7 bananas — and it’s not JFK or LaGuardia

That costs really much?

No traveler expects an airport to person affordable nutrient and portion options. Even if you skip having a sit-down repast — and alternatively banal up connected immoderate snacks and h2o — nary matter really you portion it, you’re not getting retired cheap.

To further beryllium that constituent — Istanbul Airport has conscionable been named nan astir costly airdrome for food and drinks by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, arsenic reported by nan Mirror.

Turkey’s superior airdrome has nan nervus to complaint voyagers $19.95 for a brew and a banana for almost $7.

This European airdrome has nan nervus to complaint almost $7 for a banana. Syda Productions – stock.adobe.com

If you ever find yourself successful this European airdrome — don’t moreover deliberation astir buying nan mini three-ounce portion of lasagna they’re reportedly charging almost $28 for according to nan Italian news website, L’Economia.

To make matters worse, nan writer said nan lasagna didn’t moreover look worthy its precocious value tag: “It looks much for illustration a portion of ceramic pinch a sprinkling of what looks for illustration grated food and a pseudo-basil leaf.”

Chicken salad? Almost $20. A bully small croissant arsenic a pre-flight snack? That tin tally you betwixt $17 and $20.

One mightiness get excited erstwhile they spot an American fast-food concatenation for illustration Popeyes aliases McDonald’s astatine this airdrome — but beware because those prices look to beryllium conscionable arsenic annoyingly high.

People are tired of overpaying for nutrient and drinks astatine airports. Anadolu via Getty Images

The Italian tract besides pointed retired that a measly combo repast of 4 fried chickenhearted wings, fries and a Coke costs almost $20. A McDonald’s Big Mac and Double Quarter Pounder costs betwixt $25 and $29.

And time off it to Reddit to subordinate nan complaints astir nan wildly precocious prices astatine nan Istanbul airport. In a r/istanbul subreddit, 1 poster shared that nan precocious nutrient prices took distant from nan wide airdrome acquisition for them.

“The prices are much than exaggerated, pinch each respect to Istanbul, they are ridiculous. They are from 2 to 4 times higher than astatine Frankfurt Airport (my airdrome of reference, I ever alert retired of there),” they shared.

“The terminal is conscionable astonishing and magnificent, however, nan prices unluckily made nan acquisition somewhat worse,” nan personification added.

“They cognize group will pay. My sister was successful Dalaman precocious and said 2 Big Mac meals were astir 40 euros.” I was successful nan USA a fewer days backmost and LaGuardia and Orlando MCO were rather reasonable connected prices arsenic airports go,” a commenter said successful response.