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In message , at 12:59:33 on Wed, 3 Sep 2014,
Mizter T remarked: Gatwick is as convenient to get to and from as Heathrow for us in Cambridge. But presumably Stansted is far better than either? Yes, but with very limited destinations. Almost nothing outside Europe. And even then, the last two European trips booked by household members used different airports (in particular Gatwick for one on account of route availability). And of course Stansted is famously no good for the USA, although during the short periods when that continent was available, we did use it. I wouldn't say the destinations reachable from Stansted were "very limited"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_...port#Passenger How many destinations outside Europe? (OK, I see there's a flight to Las Vegas planned for next year). I used to fly to Geneva a lot (on business all year round) and all they seem to have now is one seasonal route. -- Roland Perry |
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![]() On 03/09/2014 13:50, Roland Perry wrote: [...] Gatwick is as convenient to get to and from as Heathrow for us in Cambridge. But presumably Stansted is far better than either? Yes, but with very limited destinations. Almost nothing outside Europe. And even then, the last two European trips booked by household members used different airports (in particular Gatwick for one on account of route availability). And of course Stansted is famously no good for the USA, although during the short periods when that continent was available, we did use it. I wouldn't say the destinations reachable from Stansted were "very limited"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_...port#Passenger 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" - that would mean just a few destinations, and there are in fact many. I used to fly to Geneva a lot (on business all year round) and all they seem to have now is one seasonal route. |
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On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:01:06 +0100, Mizter T
wrote: On 03/09/2014 13:50, Roland Perry wrote: [...] Gatwick is as convenient to get to and from as Heathrow for us in Cambridge. But presumably Stansted is far better than either? Yes, but with very limited destinations. Almost nothing outside Europe. And even then, the last two European trips booked by household members used different airports (in particular Gatwick for one on account of route availability). And of course Stansted is famously no good for the USA, although during the short periods when that continent was available, we did use it. I wouldn't say the destinations reachable from Stansted were "very limited"... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_...port#Passenger 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" - that would mean just a few destinations, and there are in fact many. But don't some have very limited schedules (not even daily, let alone multiple times a day)? |
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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. - 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. -- Roland Perry |
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On 2014-09-03 14:44:46 +0000, Roland Perry said:
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. Stansted already is an airport you go to if you want a LCC to Europe, and it has a massive array of such services. So I disagree with you. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the @ to reply. |
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![]() On 03/09/2014 15:52, Neil Williams wrote: On 2014-09-03 14:44:46 +0000, Roland Perry said: 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. Stansted already is an airport you go to if you want a LCC to Europe, and it has a massive array of such services. So I disagree with you. On that theme, a significant number of pax from around Europe use it for DIY transfers. |
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In message , at 15:52:57 on Wed, 3 Sep
2014, Neil Williams remarked: 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. Stansted already is an airport you go to if you want a LCC to Europe, and it has a massive array of such services. So I disagree with you. Are you saying that the branding I mentioned is already what the general public understands to be the case? -- Roland Perry |
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On 2014-09-03 15:10:56 +0000, Roland Perry said:
Are you saying that the branding I mentioned is already what the general public understands to be the case? Branding by the airport? Probably not. But it is certainly well understood that, essentially, you go to Stansted to fly Ryanair (or to a much lesser extent easyJet) to Europe. It isnt *branded* as anything other than London Stansted Airport, which says nothing about where you can fly from there. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the @ to reply. |
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In message , at 16:22:06 on Wed, 3 Sep
2014, Neil Williams remarked: Are you saying that the branding I mentioned is already what the general public understands to be the case? Branding by the airport? Probably not. But it is certainly well understood that, essentially, you go to Stansted to fly Ryanair (or to a much lesser extent easyJet) to Europe. It's certainly been increasingly dominated by Ryanair, who no doubt make lots of money flying people back and forth to one horse towns in Eastern Europe. But this doesn't make it a useful set of routes for most of us, nor the airline we'd choose to use on business (they aren't the only one, people using holiday charters could run into the same problem). It isnt *branded* as anything other than London Stansted Airport, which says nothing about where you can fly from there. Branding extends to much more than the name. -- Roland Perry |
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 03:52:57PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:
Stansted already is an airport you go to if you want a LCC to Europe, What on earth is a LCC? -- David Cantrell | Bourgeois reactionary pig Do not be afraid of cooking, as your ingredients will know and misbehave -- Fergus Henderson |
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