Originally Posted by
dave59
busses? State of the art new terminal or what?
Remote stands are a fact of life. Not everywhere can throw billions at the infrastructure or is in the same geographical situation as Dubai. Northern European destinations with specific time slots to east and west, not to mention curfews, have major arrival surges which co-incide with short haul and medium haul departures or arrivals with quieter times in between..
Over the last seven years I've used Heathrow T5 to Rio and Houston many times with departures in the lunchtime/early afternoon, not exactly the peak for LHR. On all but one trip we have been bussed to a remote stand to climb steps, sometimes in wind and rain, to board the 777.