Don’t know why things have turned bad for the Essex outpost. Even though it pains me Stansted is a fine airport. Its terminal and stand locations are much better than Luton, its road layout is second to none and it has a rail station by the terminal. OK it might be a slow train ride to London but then you don’t have to catch a shuttle bus to a parkway station as per Luton.
Luton is the Heathrow of corporate jet traffic and is the busiest executive jet airport in the UK with every inch of FBO parking packed in up to 5 aircraft deep but why is that? Stansted is only 2 miles further out from London than Luton and also has a motorway close to the airport. With Luton’s 6am traffic jam nightmare which affects access to the airport why would the rich and powerful want to use Luton when Stansted has free flowing traffic to a private part of the airport.
OK Stansted might not be in a good location if you are travelling anywhere other than London but then it is meant to be a London airport.
Last edited by LTNman; 1st Jul 2011 at 21:19.