For those of you thinking of travelling to Odessa in the near future and if you have not been there before, please be aware of this: Taxi drivers at Odessa airport are very "persistent" even when you tell them that you are meeting with someone who was picking you up. If you stay in the arrivals hall, they will circle like vultures. Domestic arrivals now arrive in the new terminal. On one occasion, when actually needing a taxi to a city centre hotel, I was approached by a driver who asked where I was going to. This driver had a "manager", a woman standing close by. This manager also asked me where I was going and said that will be 1200.00 hrv. "No", said I, " I could go to Nikolaev for that amount". "No, that could not be possible", she replied, "The price of benzine is high now. How much would you expect to pay?". I said "About 100 hrv, it's what I paid a couple of months ago from city centre to the airport". "Impossible!, no driver would do it for that", she replied. At this point the driver put up the figure 900 on his calculator, later reducing it to 800. I decided to walk away and go to the domestic terminal where I topped up my phone and called my friend in Nikolaev who phoned a company in Odessa to pick me up for the usual fare (this time about 135 hrv). Even as I walked away from the new terminal another driver persued me. I said I'm not staying there to get ripped off. He asked me how much I wanted to pay. "Around 100 hrv", I said. "Oh no", he replied, "That's only about $5, it can't be done".
Be aware that normal fare from Odessa airport to the city centre is usually between 100 and 200 hrv. Don't get ripped off at the airport. If you can, get someone to phone a radio cab from the city.