Which airport do you drive to & fly out from?
Poll: Which airport do you drive to & fly out from?
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I fly a lot with work. Ireland, always Southampton as it's so quick to go through. 38 minutes from wheels touching down to kettle on is my record. Europe, again Southampton if there are flights but they're usually limited. Further afield I fly Heathrow and pretty much always select BA flights so I can go through Terminal 5 which is a doddle and easy from the M3. You also get the highlight of the Pods from Business parking
I only go to Gatwick for skiing in France as most 'package' deals seem to go from there - not out of choice.
I only go to Gatwick for skiing in France as most 'package' deals seem to go from there - not out of choice.
tr7v8 said:
The reason for me is that 99.9% of my flying is on business & fairly frequent. Heathrow is further for me than Gatwick, but easier parking & slicker once there, also optional flights when/if it goes pear shaped. Stansted is very strange, with poor parking options, especially the chuffing long walk from short stay to the airport. London City is extraordinarily expensive for car parking & is a pig to get to from Kent.
I must admit I've started using Eurostar into France/Belgium & then SNCF/ICE train if going on further.
That is invaluable, thank you! The scale of what I'm looking to do is initially centred around Gatwick but there is certainly scope to expand to other airports should the model of what we're planning succesfully work I must admit I've started using Eurostar into France/Belgium & then SNCF/ICE train if going on further.
Gingerbread Man said:
Local like Southampton is more limited to Europe. So that only really leaves Gatwick and Heathrow. For long haul, Heathrow seems to be the one with the most flights and you can basicly fly anywhere from it. Normally a case of wanting to fly out on certain dates, Heathrow will normally tick that box. Gatwick might do the flight, but not as often.
Indeedy makes sense! C5RagTop said:
Bournemouth every time if we can. Willing to pay a premium for the convenience. Otherwise next choice is Heathrow (use the National Express service) or Gatwick (take the car and use Gatwick Airport Parking - definately not one of those "off site" companies).
How have you found Gatwick generally? I went to Venice back in October & used Gatwick's long stay, cars packed like sardines, shuttlebuses crammed full with people like the tube in London at rush hour, just with luggage too! & it was surprisingly expensive for the 4 days I was there (£56)ChrisDT said:
Pretty much always Gatwick for me - being as it's not to far away and a pretty simple drive there!
You & me both! 
Keep the input coming guys & girls! It all helps especially as folks using Gatwick in particular will be directly benefiting from it
I'm working on the branding at the moment, once done I shall be issuing instructions for the website to take shape, then we will go from there PoleDriver said:
I fly 2 or 3 times a month. Preferred airport is London City followed by Stansted (I stay in Harlow most weekends)then Heathrow and Gatwick. Unfortunately I'm forced to use LHR most of the time!
Christ Poley, keepind in mind where you live London City must be a pain to get to!ironictwist said:
PoleDriver said:
I fly 2 or 3 times a month. Preferred airport is London City followed by Stansted (I stay in Harlow most weekends)then Heathrow and Gatwick. Unfortunately I'm forced to use LHR most of the time!
Christ Poley, keepind in mind where you live London City must be a pain to get to!PoleDriver said:
ironictwist said:
PoleDriver said:
I fly 2 or 3 times a month. Preferred airport is London City followed by Stansted (I stay in Harlow most weekends)then Heathrow and Gatwick. Unfortunately I'm forced to use LHR most of the time!
Christ Poley, keepind in mind where you live London City must be a pain to get to!
For me Bristol Airport every day as I work there!
When I lived down in Southampton for long-haul, I would go from Heathrow and the odd occasion Gatwick, but if it was UK/Europe I would try Southampton as first choice then Gatwick as second, worst case Luton then Stansted.
But now were Bristol way i would go Bristol for UK/Europe then Heathrow or Manchester for long/medium-haul.
Not sure what you are up to but the industry is all over the place at the moment, and people are looking to spend as little on parking and transportation to airports, the duty free shops are also noticing a loss in revenue with them asking the airports to park aircraft on closer stands so passengers spend the maximum time in the shops.
When I lived down in Southampton for long-haul, I would go from Heathrow and the odd occasion Gatwick, but if it was UK/Europe I would try Southampton as first choice then Gatwick as second, worst case Luton then Stansted.
But now were Bristol way i would go Bristol for UK/Europe then Heathrow or Manchester for long/medium-haul.
Not sure what you are up to but the industry is all over the place at the moment, and people are looking to spend as little on parking and transportation to airports, the duty free shops are also noticing a loss in revenue with them asking the airports to park aircraft on closer stands so passengers spend the maximum time in the shops.
Heathrow for me most of the time, although of course things are inevitably driven by where you are trying to get to. For my regular work journey I prefer LHR on BA, although tomorrow I'm sampling the competion so will see what Gatwick and Ukraine International are like 
Used to use Southampton a lot, but without leaving a car there as my wife worked in Eastleigh and dropped me off!
As someone else said, Gatwick always seems 'messy' to me.
Used to use Southampton a lot, but without leaving a car there as my wife worked in Eastleigh and dropped me off!
As someone else said, Gatwick always seems 'messy' to me.
davepoth said:
Bournemouth is great, very relaxed. And from Bath it's almost as quick as Bristol.
Exeter is a great little airport too.I live north of Bristol, and on a reasonable traffic day it's almost as quick from Falfield to Exeter as it is to traverse Bristol to get to 'Lulsgate International'.
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