Car hire at Belfast City Airport

All the car hire companies at Belfast City Airport (BHD) are located in the main Arrivals terminal. You exit the Baggage Reclaim area and turn left and you’ll find each of the desks there. They are fully staffed during normal working hours and you can get all the information you need to book and collect your car. The pick-up area to collect your car is a short 1min walk from the main terminal and the staff will guide you there. It’s adjacent to the terminal building and located within the car parks.

Car hire at Belfast City Airport covers drivers who want to cross the border into the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland is in the UK and the Republic of Ireland is in the EU but, since Brexit, Northern Ireland has maintained a special status, which removes the need for a physical border checkpoint between the two jurisdictions. There is a common travel area and you can simply travel back and forth. However, it's important to let your car hire company know if you intend to cross from Northern Ireland to the Republic as they will need to extend your insurance cover to travel abroad - even though it won’t feel like a different country.

Belfast City Airport car hire desks are all located in the airport terminal, customers can avail of all the amenities of the airport such as cafes, rest rooms, staff assistance, and information desks.

To hire a car in the UK you will need your driver’s licence and a credit card. It’s useful to bring your passport and travel details too as a secondary form of ID. The minimum age to hire a car in the UK is 23. Drivers under 25 will pay a surcharge and some companies extend that surcharge to cover drivers under 30.

Car hire companies that offer shuttle or pick-up services from Belfast City Airport to off-airport locations include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Easirent, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz, keddy by Europcar, National, and Sixt.