On 03/09/2014 15:44, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 14:01:06 on Wed, 3 Sep 2014,
Mizter T remarked:
How many destinations outside Europe? (OK, I see there's a flight to Las
Vegas planned for next year).

Just because most destinations are in Europe doesn't equate to the
airport serving "very limited destinations"

It does, because many people have destinations outside Europe. It
Stansted wants to re-brand as "The gateway to Europe - all other fliers
try Heathrow", then fine.

The man on the Clapham Omnibus would not regard Stansted as serving a
"very limited" range of destinations, nor would a court. The Roland
Perry interpretation of language thus doesn't stand up.


- that would mean just a few destinations, and there are in fact many.

I wonder how many are served the twice a day needed to make useful
business trips (out in the morning, back in the evening a day or two
later). I suspect (but don't have the time to check) that many
destinations are less than daily.

Two recent articles about Ryanair increasing frequencies on key business
routes, many from Stansted:

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-business-drives-ryanair39s-uk-domestic-401054/

http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/240503/ryanair-delivers-on-stansted-growth-promise/