Worst run UK Airport
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Having for a change had a run of traveling as a pax through a fair few of Uk s airports, I was wondering which others peeps out there would vote the worst. Anyway we bitch at each other enough lets bitch at civvies now LOL.
PS LBA gets my vote. Stinking cess pit of disorganization.
PS LBA gets my vote. Stinking cess pit of disorganization.
LHR - utter $hithole. Car parking bŁoody miles from the terminal, traffic jams on the inner airport roads. Scenic tours with a madman at the wheel of the transit bus, taking in the bowels of T1 to get to T2 - which is like a downmarket bus station. The whole place looks like a junkyard - and it's unbelievably expensive.
So nowadays I use BHX!
So nowadays I use BHX!
BEagle,
Car park for Term 1 is right next to it, 2 of 'em!
ALL airports are absolute poooh, without exception! The closest I have come to anything aproaching a decent expereince is Bristol. A little further than LHR for me but so much quieter and far less queuing.
Still loads of waiting around, standing in lounges, standing on buses, standing around waiting to file up aircraft steps though.
Then there's squeezing onto ridiculous aircraft like the Fokker 50 that are just too small to be anything other than uncomfortable.
I travel extensively and it's all a load of pooh, Europe, the US, the Far East, they all are a grinding waste of time!
Roll on teletransportation!
Car park for Term 1 is right next to it, 2 of 'em!
ALL airports are absolute poooh, without exception! The closest I have come to anything aproaching a decent expereince is Bristol. A little further than LHR for me but so much quieter and far less queuing.
Still loads of waiting around, standing in lounges, standing on buses, standing around waiting to file up aircraft steps though.
Then there's squeezing onto ridiculous aircraft like the Fokker 50 that are just too small to be anything other than uncomfortable.
I travel extensively and it's all a load of pooh, Europe, the US, the Far East, they all are a grinding waste of time!
Roll on teletransportation!
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Bristol get a plus from me too but I give Humberside number 1. Easy to park, minutes to board, only a couple of flights in the departure lounge, and Schipol and the world closer than a journey to LHR. As for the other one south of town I need to night stop first!
Bristol get a plus from me too but I give Humberside number 1. Easy to park, minutes to board, only a couple of flights in the departure lounge, and Schipol and the world closer than a journey to LHR. As for the other one south of town I need to night stop first!
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East Midlands catering is pretty lousy after the last international flight goes. And the whole places seems to shut down around 7.
Coventry has to be the ugliest, but I think the staff are making up for that.
The prettiest was Stansted, pre-clutter. Heathrow is still a dump - I'm glad I haven't had to go anywhere near it for about 4 years. Well, went past T5 on the M25 last weekend - that should be interesting, but bearing in mind how long it took to get approved, will it already be out of date by the time it actually opens?
Worldwide, you can't beat Riyadh & Denver for looks, but I couldn't comment on their current service standards. JFK T9 has to be the worst terminal I've been to recently - ridiculously overcrowded, no catering & very smelly. But at least they're going to pull it down. BAA - take note for LHR 1&2.
Coventry has to be the ugliest, but I think the staff are making up for that.
The prettiest was Stansted, pre-clutter. Heathrow is still a dump - I'm glad I haven't had to go anywhere near it for about 4 years. Well, went past T5 on the M25 last weekend - that should be interesting, but bearing in mind how long it took to get approved, will it already be out of date by the time it actually opens?
Worldwide, you can't beat Riyadh & Denver for looks, but I couldn't comment on their current service standards. JFK T9 has to be the worst terminal I've been to recently - ridiculously overcrowded, no catering & very smelly. But at least they're going to pull it down. BAA - take note for LHR 1&2.
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Title says it really, car parking Ł2.30 / hr, rabid traffic wardens if you spend more than 1 second dropping off or picking someone up. Inside the shopping is poor, catering is overpriced and unimaginitive (well I suppose it's Aberdeen after all). The terminal is dark and gloomy....
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5711N - I must disagree in the strongest of terms- partly anyway.
Aberdeen was the best airport in the world for a while. Or at least that's what it seemed like to me on those occasional leave passes from Buchan to civilization.
Of course going the other way ...... I agree with you entirely!
Aberdeen was the best airport in the world for a while. Or at least that's what it seemed like to me on those occasional leave passes from Buchan to civilization.
Of course going the other way ...... I agree with you entirely!
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LHR Term 3 has to be up there at the top of the list. What a dump! Hardly a good advertisement for Betty's Kingdom for all those foreign wallahs.
Abu Dhabi used to be good a couple of centuries ago but has turned into a grotty backwater now.
Dubai absolutely splendid except when you are a transit SLF. Arrive at Gate 1 on the bus and told that you have 5 mins to get to Gate 35 where bus back to ac leaves. Ignore 'mover' handing out transit tags and instructions, dive into duty free, smoke cigar rapidly and then join queue at Gate 35 and stand around for 45 mins!!
Bandar Seri Begawan OKish unless you arrive at dead of night.
Perth (International side) clean, modern, good parking (but expensive), efficient and not crowded.
Downside can be the customs and immigration jobsworths
Changi (any terminal) - absolute tops Just shows what a benevolent (apparently) dictatorship can do!
Abu Dhabi used to be good a couple of centuries ago but has turned into a grotty backwater now.
Dubai absolutely splendid except when you are a transit SLF. Arrive at Gate 1 on the bus and told that you have 5 mins to get to Gate 35 where bus back to ac leaves. Ignore 'mover' handing out transit tags and instructions, dive into duty free, smoke cigar rapidly and then join queue at Gate 35 and stand around for 45 mins!!
Bandar Seri Begawan OKish unless you arrive at dead of night.
Perth (International side) clean, modern, good parking (but expensive), efficient and not crowded.
Downside can be the customs and immigration jobsworthsChangi (any terminal) - absolute tops
Just shows what a benevolent (apparently) dictatorship can do!
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Whilst I might agree about LHR, the same goes for any BAA 'managed' airport ... 
I use LHR because it's close and I can get to everywhere from it and I use LTn because it's closest to me and I can get to an increasing number of places. I would have voted for LTN but the owners (not just the current bunch) have been working very hard to discourage my use of it and make the experience more unpleasant.
Dundee (DUN) I have only used once but it was great. I walked from the client (about 1/2 mile away), the terminal was small and quiet and I walked out to the Business Air (had just been bought by BD at the time) and boarded the Saab for the 11 minute hop to EDI.
Now, if they could figure out how to make LHR work the same way ...
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I use LHR because it's close and I can get to everywhere from it and I use LTn because it's closest to me and I can get to an increasing number of places. I would have voted for LTN but the owners (not just the current bunch) have been working very hard to discourage my use of it and make the experience more unpleasant.
Dundee (DUN) I have only used once but it was great. I walked from the client (about 1/2 mile away), the terminal was small and quiet and I walked out to the Business Air (had just been bought by BD at the time) and boarded the Saab for the 11 minute hop to EDI.
Now, if they could figure out how to make LHR work the same way ...
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Worst UK airports: Gatwick and Heathrow (all terminals)
Best UK airports: Bristol and Luton.
Average UK airports: the rest.
And I think I've experienced all but NCL.
Best UK airports: Bristol and Luton.
Average UK airports: the rest.
And I think I've experienced all but NCL.
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Only place they make you check in the night before: Brize Norton
Only place where I've had departure time brought forward (only to get home late, but that's another story!): Goose Bay
Same airline!
Only place where I've had departure time brought forward (only to get home late, but that's another story!): Goose Bay
Same airline!
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I had the unfortunate experience of having to wait at HUY for approx 4 hours while my friend dilly dallied about in his PA28 somewhere south of me. I couldn't wait to get out of there, and duly breathed a sigh of relief once we got airborne. Extremely boring, and bordering on extortionate prices, even for a simple sandwich.
Also, crap public transport. In fact, scratch that, ZERO public transport. It you want to get to HUY from Hull city centre, the only way of doing it is forking out Ł27 for a taxi!
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Also, crap public transport. In fact, scratch that, ZERO public transport. It you want to get to HUY from Hull city centre, the only way of doing it is forking out Ł27 for a taxi!
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re......East Midlands catering is pretty lousy after the last international flight goes. And the whole places seems to shut down around 7.
Bournemouth who is own by the same group has the same as East Midlands
Staff waiting for the pax to depart whislt holding the doors to shut after them/.
Local transport is total crap too
Bournemouth who is own by the same group has the same as East Midlands
Staff waiting for the pax to depart whislt holding the doors to shut after them/.
Local transport is total crap too
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My biggest gripe about Luton is its poor lighting. For a new terminal it is dire. The lighting in the check-in area is appalling and that is when all the 40 watt bulbs are working. At any one time a good third of the lights are busted so I always try to remember to take my torch with me when walking around the terminal as I try to avoid those pesky pieces of luggage that litter the floor. 