allantracy wrote:
I haven't looked, but are the Easyjet's and Ryanairs adding extra
services to Luton/Stansted (where there are plenty of free slots)
diverting them away from other intra-Europe flights, or is it too short
a period for them to be worried about?


Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.


And London Oxford Airport too, at Kidlington:
http://tinyurl.com/n7vcn3
or:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6042311/Oxford-Airport-rebranded-as-London-Oxford-Airport.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Oxford_Airport

It is "only" 100 km from London. ;-)

On 23/04/12 11:14, Paul Corfield wrote:
The transport network starts from a position of being*less* busy
because the Games coincide with Summer holidays when demand always
falls.

Visitor numbers to London, before, during and after the Olympics, re
expected to be much lower than in normal summer.

Ian

On 23/04/12 11:40, Recliner wrote:
This is true of the Olympics, but won't the Paralympics occur after
the holidays are over, and when most Londoners are back at work?

Yeah, but who wants to watch well meaning occupational therapy? Families
and friends, of course, but that's surely about it.

Ian

In message , at 09:40:16 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, The Real Doctor remarked:
The transport network starts from a position of being*less* busy
because the Games coincide with Summer holidays when demand always
falls.

Visitor numbers to London, before, during and after the Olympics, re
expected to be much lower than in normal summer.

It seems they are, but what's different about the Olympics is that the
travel in concentrated to a few places at a few times. It's got all the
potential of being like Cup Final Day in five places at once, seven days
a week.

And other parts of the network (and streets) will be quieter than
normal.
--
Roland Perry

On 24/04/12 09:56, Roland Perry wrote:
It seems they are, but what's different about the Olympics is that the
travel in concentrated to a few places at a few times. It's got all the
potential of being like Cup Final Day in five places at once, seven days
a week.

As a matter of idle curiosity, how does Olympic ticketing work for
really short events. If, for example, one has a ticket for the men's
100m final, is one ushered in to one's seat just before the gun and then
shown out again ten seconds later? Or do tickets cover particular
periods of occupancy including certain events?

The published hotspot information could be particularly useful to those
of evil intent.

Ian

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:38:10 -0700 (PDT), allantracy
wrote:


I haven't looked, but are the Easyjet's and Ryanairs adding extra
services to Luton/Stansted (where there are plenty of free slots)
diverting them away from other intra-Europe flights, or is it too short
a period for them to be worried about?


Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

.... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

In message , at 11:05:02 on
Tue, 24 Apr 2012, Recliner remarked:
Don't forget they have London Southend Airport as well now.

... which is on the right side of London for visitors to Stratford.
Indeed, could it be the most convenient airport apart from LCY for
Olympic visitors who are staying in or near Stratford?

It's a toss-up between Southend and Stansted.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 11:03:12 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, The Real Doctor remarked:
As a matter of idle curiosity, how does Olympic ticketing work for
really short events. If, for example, one has a ticket for the men's
100m final, is one ushered in to one's seat just before the gun and
then shown out again ten seconds later? Or do tickets cover particular
periods of occupancy including certain events?

They cover a "morning", "afternoon" or "evening" of a sport, where
"Athletics" is a sport, not "100yds sprint".

Some of the sessions aren't very long though - several of the
cycling/velodrome ones are only 90 minutes for example.

No doubt somewhere is a website that says what the "shortest event" is.

For someone camped out near the start of the Marathon or road cycling,
it's not going to be visible for very long, but on the other hand maybe
they don't need a ticket. I wonder how they are doing crowd control for
street events?
--
Roland Perry

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:59:24 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
Some of the sessions aren't very long though - several of the
cycling/velodrome ones are only 90 minutes for example.

No doubt somewhere is a website that says what the "shortest event" is.

60m if the olympics has is, otherwise 100m.

B2003

In message , at 11:27:45 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, d remarked:
Some of the sessions aren't very long though - several of the
cycling/velodrome ones are only 90 minutes for example.

No doubt somewhere is a website that says what the "shortest event" is.

60m if the olympics has is, otherwise 100m.

Shortest session.

pedant
The long jump is only 9 metres.
/pedant
--
Roland Perry