LONDON &SE (all airports) - strategy / hamsterwheel
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Cloud 9
Posts: 2,948
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My first airline job back in the 70's was at LGW so perhaps I've got a soft spot for the place ... but since then I've lived in such locations as East Anglia, East & West Midlands, Cheshire, South Wales etc. and to get to LGW, from anywhere other than, perhaps, south of the Thames, M4 corridor etc, is a pain in the butt, the M25 is already congested enough, it's already nigh on impossible to guestimate travelling times if the M25 is involved, so if a LON airport is to be a commercial success it needs to be to the north or west of London.
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Coventry
Age: 48
Posts: 1,946
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Naming some airports that are local will not make intercontinental activity at EWR the same as JFK. It is by any fair definintion, secondary.
Given New York's position on the US East Coast, it's most important market is inherently Europe, and CO, now United do indeed serve that market well from EWR.
Without adding up all the long haul routes from each, I would still say that EWR is a more coherent hub - compared to the 8 or so sprawling terminals at JFK. For spotters, JFK wins hands down, and it probably has better "status" because it is, well, JFK!
In terms of overall passenger numbers, JFK handles around 50% more, but they are clearly both major airports, both hubs and both intercontinental.
