Originally Posted by
Skipness One Foxtrot
There’s no significant benefit that I can see that LGW brings.
Except if you want to visit, or have relatives or friends in, the area to the South or East of London? Brighton & Hove alone has a population only 10,000 smaller than Newcastle's. When BA, Easyjet and Flybe flew the route I used it several times to get to places that can't be reached from Newcastle, or Heathrow for that matter.