Have you ever tried to check in at Stansted, there are so many shops, the queues usually end up out of the main doors!
When the terminal opened it was fantastic, albeit, the BAA had to lure airlines with all kinds of incentives.
I flew from there a couple of years ago and not having been inside the terminal for 10 years, I was shocked! Too many shops, not enough room to check in.
The palce was horrible, a clear reason not to replicate such a 'dive' anywhere else!
If stansted has grown on the back of cross subsidies from Heathrow and Gatwick, then I agree with MOL, that the £ Billions that the BAA need for terminal 2 and a second runway are a complete over spend, if you compare just what their customers are faced with today, even my bear palace looks like the business lounge when compared with Essex finest!
Goodness only knows what the £ Billions will be spent on after a new terminal and runway have been paid for?
