On 03/09/2014 15:11, Neil Williams wrote:

On 2014-09-03 12:41:52 +0000, David Cantrell said:

If you lived in, for example, Hastings, which airport would you prefer
to go to? Obviously Gatwick, yet Hastings is neither near Victoria or a
Thameslink station.

There are modes of transport other than trains. Luton and Stansted are
mainly reached by car and taxi, and serve a wide area of the Home
Counties and East Anglia as such. Indeed Luton is to a fairly
significant extent a "South Midlands and Home Counties Airport" rather
than a London one.

Incorrect for Stansted, which had 51% of pax using public transport
(bus, coach and rail) in 2013 - see page 23:
http://www.stanstedairport.com/media/1220647/sustainable-development-plan-surface-access-online-lr-20.08.14.pdf

Luton meanwhile had 32% of pax using public transport in 2010 - page 21,
PDF page 11:
http://www.london-luton.co.uk/en/download/179/Airport%20Surface%20Access%20Strategy.pdf