Originally Posted by
toledoashley
I have it on good authority (from someone who should know) that Stansted has a smaller catchment area for long haul than Gatwick has, so hence why the movement towards Gatwick.
That old chesnut. Same arguement was used for years why Ryanair would never suceed at Stansted as nobody wants to fly from there. Bearing in mind people travel down from West Midlands and other places to fly from Gatwick then idea that people wouldn't fly from Stansted is laughable.
Few LH services from Stansted have had 1.) Frequency 2.) Reliability that would entice people to book from there.
As my location suggests I live in Surrey, with LHR / LGW being closest but fly from Luton, Stansted and Gatwick on flights I take with LHR avoided at all costs. 20 years ago there was a stigma attached to flying from Stansted as "BA don't fly from there" being the usual refrain. These days I rarely hear that and know few from where I live who haven't flown from Stansted.