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)A dishonourable mention for Paris CDG.
Awful awful awful. Concrete wasteland. Bad memories of regular trips to Paris and being stuck in departures waiting for the last flight out which was always delayed because of cumulative delayes over the day. Cold dreary and utterly crap.
You'd think the French could do better.
Awful awful awful. Concrete wasteland. Bad memories of regular trips to Paris and being stuck in departures waiting for the last flight out which was always delayed because of cumulative delayes over the day. Cold dreary and utterly crap.
You'd think the French could do better.
I tend to hate all airports - Heathrow is hell to fly back into, Gatwick is crappy to fly out of.
Cardiff is just shite all-round, Bristol is in the arse end of nowhere. Birmingham wasn't too bad last time I used it, but I lost my car in the car-parks when coming back home.
However, Guernsey will always have a special place in my personal hell - every time I fly in on business, I get pulled by immigration and interrogated.
I quite like Faro, though - it's a striking building to look at, with loads of space inside. Shame the waiting areas at the gates are cramped. However, I've never flown peak season, so it may well be different in August.
Cardiff is just shite all-round, Bristol is in the arse end of nowhere. Birmingham wasn't too bad last time I used it, but I lost my car in the car-parks when coming back home.
However, Guernsey will always have a special place in my personal hell - every time I fly in on business, I get pulled by immigration and interrogated.
I quite like Faro, though - it's a striking building to look at, with loads of space inside. Shame the waiting areas at the gates are cramped. However, I've never flown peak season, so it may well be different in August.
Birmingham to Aberdeen (and back) with BA is by far the best flights i've ever been on. Birmingham airport is just wonderful, due to it mainly being not full of fecking children. BA run EMbraer planes to Aberdeen so you all get 1st class seats as there isn't room for two sections. Aberdeen is lofely to fly into, off the plane, throught the door, 50 yards to the baggage carousel, 20 yards to the door, over the road and into a taxi (or the carpark). Not so lovely to fly out of as it gets a bit cramped if all the (5) gates are in use.
Flying anyhere involving the USA seems to be the worst in my experience. Airpoirts that seem to still be caught out by having to carry out routine security screening, and thus seem to be in a permanent state of chaos. Plus their internal flights have no idea of what cabin service should be like (BA cattle class service isfar better than United's 1st class service).
Flying anyhere involving the USA seems to be the worst in my experience. Airpoirts that seem to still be caught out by having to carry out routine security screening, and thus seem to be in a permanent state of chaos. Plus their internal flights have no idea of what cabin service should be like (BA cattle class service isfar better than United's 1st class service).
jamoor said:
Me: Check in online
Others: god knows what
Thats excellent, however it doesn't work if they only have one desk dedicated to online check inners ........therefore if half the people on the plane checked it online, you can work the rest out ....deceives the point of it doesn't it lol....Others: god knows what
I'm amazed that no one has mentioned Stansted. Check in is almost always a joke. "Security" can take an eternity. The bogs stink and as for baggage collection.... Took a bloody hour for the bags to be put on the belt.. It was only a 5 minute walk from the plane.
My favourite so far is Brussels which always seems quiet and clean.
My favourite so far is Brussels which always seems quiet and clean.
Reminds me of my holiday in China....at security, they where checking rucksacks etc in the ruck sack we had put some drinks and snacks in as it was an hour or so flight on a crummy chinese plane.....
anyway when the guard opened the baggage he saw our orange juice, therefore with limited communication due to language barriers he looked at the bottle then looked at us....he opened the bottle and sniffed the orange juice whilst wafting is hand over. My brother and his friend amazingly kept it in them and didn't crack up laughing whereas i knew i would so i just progressed towards the departure lounge in tears of laughter...... only the finest security over there. ....
anyway when the guard opened the baggage he saw our orange juice, therefore with limited communication due to language barriers he looked at the bottle then looked at us....he opened the bottle and sniffed the orange juice whilst wafting is hand over. My brother and his friend amazingly kept it in them and didn't crack up laughing whereas i knew i would so i just progressed towards the departure lounge in tears of laughter...... only the finest security over there. ....
Edited by thesheephair on Tuesday 1st January 01:26
Edited by thesheephair on Tuesday 1st January 01:26
East Midlands is normally quite decent, there's not a lot to do but a decent enough bar to keep you entertained once past security.
That doesnt mean anything if you're stuck in a queue going back to the doors at departures because BMI Baby see it fit to only have 1 person checking 4 flights in though. I've never had delays there except for the last time I went to Amsterdam, BMI check in problems and the plane was delayed by 4 hours.
Off to NY with Continental from BHX soon
That doesnt mean anything if you're stuck in a queue going back to the doors at departures because BMI Baby see it fit to only have 1 person checking 4 flights in though. I've never had delays there except for the last time I went to Amsterdam, BMI check in problems and the plane was delayed by 4 hours.
Off to NY with Continental from BHX soon
Heathrow is hell. Forget Terminal 5 and just build a new one out in the Thames estuary similar to Hong Kong.
I like smaller airports, for example long haul would rather use Emirates (going east) and Continental (to USA) from Birmingham, and connect in Dubai or Newark (and both fly from other regional airports) than go direct from Heathrow.
In the midlands, BMIbaby is my foavourite short haul airline. No frills, but you can check in online, choose your seat and they have service with a smile. However, FlyBe are dire........
I like smaller airports, for example long haul would rather use Emirates (going east) and Continental (to USA) from Birmingham, and connect in Dubai or Newark (and both fly from other regional airports) than go direct from Heathrow.
In the midlands, BMIbaby is my foavourite short haul airline. No frills, but you can check in online, choose your seat and they have service with a smile. However, FlyBe are dire........
Gibraltar. less than a minute from walking through the entrance to being airside. And you know you have the cheapest duty free when the captain and FO from the inbound flight load up with goodies.. Plus you get to drive / walk over the runway in between flights due to the main road that runs right through it - surreal..
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