On 02/09/2014 21:04, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at
19:33:48 on Tue, 2 Sep 2014, Arthur Figgis
remarked:
One of life's big ironies a few years back was a Which? report slagging
off foreign airports that falsely claimed to be close to well known
cities. In the same issue they gave "London Stansted" a ringing
endorsement, despite being further from its eponymous city than any of
the foreign airports they were complaining about.

To a certain extent, distance is less important than transport links.

A distant airport with a fast and easy-to-use train to the city centre
every 30 min, perhaps even a mainline connection to anywhere in the
country, is less of an issue than a edge-of-town airport with a
solitary bus...

Stansted is OK southbound to London,

And as it isn't calling itself "(somewhere that isn't London) Stansted",
there isn't really a problem in the case under discussion.

Bremen airport sucks if you are hoping to get a tram from the front door
to somewhere that isn't Bremen, but of you actually want Bremen then
it's great.

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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK