STN Grubby Airport
Yesterday was my first visit to Essex's international airport. I was surprised at how tatty and dirty the terminal was.
As you enter the short stay car park the road signs are askew. Walk from zone c and the floor is covered in chewing gum spots. Up the ramp towards the terminal building, look to your left and it's clear the place hasn't been cleaned since it was built.
Signboard directions to the arrivals area is unclear. Again the whole area is tatty and very dirty, floor covered in spent chewing gum again. Seat covers are filthy. Above all the BAA have jammed in as many retail outlets into the terminal building as they can. The place looks more like a retail shanty town than an international terminal building.
I'm sure that falling revenues that is associated from low cost airline customers may have contributed to some of this. But there is no excuse for the filthyness of the place.
.BAA Stansted; buck up please