Airport Used By Budget Airlines

[jd_1984]

I am sure a few Ryanair customers will chip in on this one........

What is the furthest communte from Airport to destination you have experienced, when the airport is given the name of you destination?

E.G Paris-Beauvais is a 50 minute commute to Paris centre
Belfast Int is a 35 minute commute to centre......

Do we accept this as a budget airline experience?

[rockyracoon]

Barcelona with Ryanair took 60 transfer but the airport was actually Girona. I've never understood Gatwick and Stansted having the prefix London.

[Octavius]

Its how they keep their costs down though.

Frankfurt Hahn has to be up there.

[jd_1984]

I apprciate the cost issue for the airlines. Low costs and full planes must be the business model for budgets airlines

[mushroom25]

Ryanair's "Copenhagen" airport wasn't even in Denmark, but at Sturup near Malmo in Sweden - in the days before the Oresund bridge, the commuting time was very dependent on the oresund sea conditions.

[sandyRoe]

Mushroom25s post must take some beating, not even in the same country. Stanstead seems a long way from London.

[Octavius]

The transfer bus from Frankfurt-Hahn to Frankfurt centre taskes about 1hr 45.

[jno]

Ftrankfurt Hahn is well out; be when we used it we weren't going to Frankfurt anyway, so we didn't mind.

If you think London Stansted is out of town, try London Oxford

http://www.oxfordairport.co.uk/

[Sharingan]

Dusseldorf-Weeze is a good 70km from Dusseldorf- not very aptly named, especially when there's a proper Dusseldorf ;-)

[ichkeria]

Isn't there a bit of a difference between large airports needing to be a fair way from large cities and cheapo airlines flying to the middle of nowhere?

[jno]

Southend airport needs to be near Southend, I'm sure. I don't know why it needs to be London Southend, which it is.

[Buenchico]

Budget airlines don't always use the airports furthest from the city. For example, Rome Ciampino is much closer to the city centre than Rome Fiumicino is, with only one airline serving it from the UK. Yes, it's Ryanair!

As has been indicated though, calling Hahn Airport 'Frankfurt Hahn' is possibly taking things a bit too far. It would be better to call it 'Frankfurt Mainz'.

To be fair though, most of London's airports aren't that close to the city centre, irrespective of which airlines use them. Only London City Airport is near to the city centre. Journey times into the city centre can still be quite lengthy (depending upon your mode of travel) from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Luton, London Stansted, London Southend and London Oxford airports.

[Ellipsis]

Furthest one I've actually used is Stockholm Skavsta - 100km southwest of Stockholm, on pretty average roads.

[ichkeria]

I'd imagine it's called London Southend because it's comparatively near London and who wants to fly to Southend?
Silly I know but I can understand it ...

[jno]

comparatively near London

Compared to Oxford, I suppose it is. Compared to even the really big airport at Heathrow it's not.

http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/images/countries/europe/london.gif

[jd_1984]

I remember attending a seminar at London Lydd airport, which is some trek from London. So why do they put the associaiton with the capital when Ashford is the closest major town? To attract business I expect