A local family business that knows what "on time" means.
Run by H and Dolly from Worthing, with Pearla on the phone and a trusted team of drivers behind us.
★★★★★5.0 on Google · 29 reviews read them →- ✈️ We move when your flight moves
- ⏰ Driver early
- 🧳 Bags carried
- 📞 A friendly voice, any hour
- ✈️ Flying today? Call us
The Airlink difference
An app doesn't know you. We do.
We've driven for the apps, so we know what they miss. A map pin can't tell that it's a 5am flight, that Mum's nervous, or that the buggy needs to come too. Message us and a warm voice listens, then plans the journey around you, not the other way round.
Airlinking isn't just linking you to your airport. It's linking with you.
We're based in Worthing and licensed by Worthing Borough Council (operator licence no. 154745), with a second operator licence from Fareham Borough Council (no. 353).
Why we started
I'm H. I grew up in Brighton from the age of five, and I've lived in Worthing since 2013. Sussex has been home my whole life.
- ✈️ Years as senior cabin crew
- 💷 Drivers keep a fair share
- 🚫 No surge pricing, ever
- 📞 A friendly voice, any hour
Before Sussex Airlink, I spent years as senior cabin crew. Up there, one late crew member delays a flight and ruins hundreds of plans. Punctuality isn't a nice extra. It's the whole job.
Then I drove for the big ride-hailing apps, and watched a huge slice of every fare vanish to the app while the driver still paid for the car, the fuel and the family shop.
So at Sussex Airlink, our drivers keep a fair share of every fare, paid weekly, and it doesn't cost you a penny more. A driver who's treated well looks after you well.
No surge pricing for you. No shrinking pay for them.
Too many people lie awake at 4am wondering if their car is coming. So we built the airport transfer company we'd trust ourselves. Ring us and a person answers: not a menu, not a bot, not an algorithm deciding whether you matter today.
The people behind Airlink
H, founder
Founder, driver, and the one with the ideas. Years as senior cabin crew taught him to stay calm when everything's late, and that nobody enjoys a surprise at the airport. He's been known to check a flight for someone who isn't even a customer. Dolly makes the ideas happen. He mostly just has them.
Dolly, keeps it flying
H's wife, and the reason the rest of us know where to be. Dolly keeps the cars, the paperwork and the people running, steps in wherever there's a gap, and is our female driver on request. Airlink runs on three things: fixed prices, good drivers and Dolly.
Pearla, on the phone
Fully trained cabin crew, so she spots a delay before the airline admits to it. Pearla answers the phone and watches the flights. Ring at 4am and she'll know your name and your gate before you've finished saying hello. She has never once put anyone on hold to a saxophone.
Our drivers: every one with at least 3 years' taxi or private hire experience before joining us. Licensed, DBS checked and first-aid trained, with safeguarding training every year. Smartly dressed, with regular car and appearance checks.
Because it was never just about airports. It’s about linking you to wherever you need to be: the 4am flight, the cruise ship, the cancelled train, the 9 o’clock meeting in London. One message, one fixed price, and a friendly face at the end of it. ✈️
Yes, we’re new. Honestly? That’s the best bit.
We’ve been on these roads for years: the M23 at 4am, the M25 when it’s having one of its days, the Gatwick drop-off with a boot full of cases. So we’re not new to this. What’s new is how we do it.
We answer the phone at 4am because we want to, not because it’s our turn on a rota. We text you the night before. We follow your flight so you don’t have to. And we still get a little buzz every time a passenger messages “Ready!” from arrivals.
It’s easy to get comfortable in any job. We haven’t had the chance, and we’re not planning to. Every airport run from Worthing, Brighton or anywhere on the Sussex coast to Gatwick, Heathrow or Southampton gets our full attention, because every single one matters to us. Don’t take our word for it: read what our passengers say.
Airlink today
Today Sussex Airlink runs airport and cruise-port journeys across Sussex with a hybrid fleet, a team of DBS-checked, council-licensed drivers, standby cover on every booking, and two council operator licences (Worthing 154745, Fareham 353). Business accounts, schools, language schools and airline crew book with us alongside families and regular travellers.
And the bit we're proudest of: H and Dolly still answer the phone, and still drive. Bigger, not colder.
Good Business Charter accredited
We're proud to be accredited by the Good Business Charter, the UK's benchmark for responsible business. It means we meet all ten of its commitments, and you can see how on our commitments page. We're also members of the Worthing & Adur Chamber of Commerce.
Parents too
We're parents to three children. So when you're travelling with little ones, we get it: the car seats, the snacks, the "are we nearly there yet?" and the endless games of yellow car (no returns!).
Founded by Habib Shashaty (H) and Adla (Dolly), Worthing, West Sussex. Sussex Airlink is a trading name of Habib Shashaty.
Built for the long run.
Now booking, for any date: book online, ring 01903 331 333 or WhatsApp us.