Connecting flights in London Stansted
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Also, as a general rule, if making separate bookings, better to do plane + train, rather than two flights imho.
Trains usually run at a higher frequency, so if one is delayed, you can usually get another within an hour or so.
DUB offers direct flights to VIE, BTS and PRG. Would that have been a safer alternative?
Trains usually run at a higher frequency, so if one is delayed, you can usually get another within an hour or so.
DUB offers direct flights to VIE, BTS and PRG. Would that have been a safer alternative?
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jabird, thinking back about 5 years, I had an early morning flight out of ZRH once and the taxi I'd booked to take me from my flat in Wollishofen to the airport was in an accident with a tram. The police had to be called and I missed my flight as I had to give a witness statement. The new ticket cost me several hundred CHF and rhe insurance (same company) paid up.
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jabird, thinking back about 5 years, I had an early morning flight out of ZRH once and the taxi I'd booked to take me from my flat in Wollishofen to the airport was in an accident with a tram. The police had to be called and I missed my flight as I had to give a witness statement. The new ticket cost me several hundred CHF and rhe insurance (same company) paid up.
Just wonder if there were any passengers on the tram who also missed their flights!
People don't leave much room for error in Switzerland as everything usually runs like clockwork, and afaik they time the trams to the 30 seconds!
I have been on a rail replacement bus there once and the late trains are usually the "outsiders" coming in from Italy etc!
I wonder if the insurers have a table for "reasonable" transfer times for say, 10k from the airport? My brother went to Lagos a couple of years ago, and set off for the airport - about 5k away - about 4hrs before check in closed!
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I also overslept once staying just south of Zurich. I wasn't going to make the train, so I called hotel reception and asked how long a taxi would take to the airport. I was told about 50 minutes, but only had 45 minutes.
Could they hurry it up a bit?
No chance - doh!
Having said that, I'm sure I could have made it in a car. I once drove across the panhandle of Florida. In the UK driving on the M1 I'd expect to be overtaken several times each minute driving at 80 in the "middle" lane.
On the turnpike, I was cruising at 5mph above the limit (iirc 65), and got overtaken twice in about 6 hours.
Could they hurry it up a bit?
No chance - doh!
Having said that, I'm sure I could have made it in a car. I once drove across the panhandle of Florida. In the UK driving on the M1 I'd expect to be overtaken several times each minute driving at 80 in the "middle" lane.
On the turnpike, I was cruising at 5mph above the limit (iirc 65), and got overtaken twice in about 6 hours.
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Obviously there are MANY passengers who actually DO connect to a different flight at Stansted airport, although no carriers at the airport offer formal connections.
I think it would be very reasonable for the airport to offer a transfer option, without unnecessarily going through immigration/customs/security an extra time.
I think it would be very reasonable for the airport to offer a transfer option, without unnecessarily going through immigration/customs/security an extra time.
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I think it would be very reasonable for the airport to offer a transfer option, without unnecessarily going through immigration/customs/security an extra time.
It also means that pax starting/ending their journeys at STN are unnecessarily inconvenieced by longer queues at security (departing) and border control (arriving).
Access to the departure area via a separate smaller security area would make sense.
Surprised it's not on offer at STN, bearing in mind that it is the UK's 4th busiest airport and a huge FR base, so there must be many "self-connect" pax.
How difficult would it be to set up a corridor between the immigration hall and the departures area with a couple of security guards to validate boarding cards with a bar code scanner, and facilitate self-connect transfers at a passenger's own risk, where there is no hold luggage involved ?
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Two questions: Does the UK government insist that all passengers departing a UK airport clear UK security? I rather think it does, in which case only passengers arriving on domestic flights would be eligible for any transfer facility that bypasses security. The brand new LHR T2 has designated domestic arrival gates that feed through a boarding pass check directly into the departure lounge for connecting passengers. There are no such designated gates for EU arrivals though they could have been designed-in.
Secondly, if there were to be segregated gates at Stansted and a special route for connecting passengers, would Ryanair use the facility since it would reduce operational flexibility. Gatwick does have a flight connections system, avoiding the UK border, but most LCCs don't use it on the grounds that their tickets are point to point.
Secondly, if there were to be segregated gates at Stansted and a special route for connecting passengers, would Ryanair use the facility since it would reduce operational flexibility. Gatwick does have a flight connections system, avoiding the UK border, but most LCCs don't use it on the grounds that their tickets are point to point.
