In message , at 06:59:29 on
Mon, 23 Apr 2012, Robert Neville remarked:
Actually there is no great concern about Heathrow to London services
other than on the last day of the Olympics when there is a mass
departure. Arrivals are staggered over a much longer period and won't
overload the services. This is based on informed discussions I had
several months ago with a range of people who know what is planned.

Furthermore, it's not like the airlines are putting on extra flights to handle
extra passengers, even if slots were available - and there aren't. Given that
the flights are mostly full already and there aren't larger planes sitting
around waiting to be substituted in, I doubt it's even going to be noticable.

Actually, the major airlines can and do swap aircraft when there's a
"special event" going on. I've been on a 757 when normally there would
have been a 737, for example.

You can't do this unless you have a mixed fleet, of course.

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?
--
Roland Perry

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.

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 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

On 24/04/2012 11:40, Roland Perry wrote:
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.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In message , at 15:31:06 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, Graeme Wall 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.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

Curiously, the East Coast planner has not been updated to include
Southend Airport station.

Reverting to NRES, it seems to have 3tph at 44 minutes to Stratford.

Stansted has 2ph at 53 min, which is worse, but not excessively so.
--
Roland Perry

On 24/04/2012 16:31, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 15:31:06 on Tue, 24 Apr
2012, Graeme Wall 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.

More frequent train service from Southend I think.

Curiously, the East Coast planner has not been updated to include
Southend Airport station.

Reverting to NRES, it seems to have 3tph at 44 minutes to Stratford.

Stansted has 2ph at 53 min, which is worse, but not excessively so.

IIRC the Stansted trains are 8 car. What are the Southend line trains
these days?

--
Graeme Wall
This account not read, substitute trains for rail.
Railway Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail

In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

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?

Marshall's like to think Cambridge will be good for Stratford too.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:50:56 -0500,
wrote:

In article ,
(Recliner) wrote:

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?

Marshall's like to think Cambridge will be good for Stratford too.

But further away and less good train service(?). Both, however, should
be small, uncrowded airports, unlike Heathrow, etc.