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Updated with fares from Jan 08
There are five main airports serving London. In order of distance from the city centre, they are:
London City (LCY) 7 miles east
London Heathrow (LHR) 15 miles west
London Gatwick (LGW) 25 miles south
Luton (LTN) 26 miles north west
London Stansted (STN) 30 miles north east
Heathrow is the main scheduled airline international and intercontinental "hub"; Gatwick serves similar routes; Stansted serves mainly European business and holiday traffic; Luton is mainly used for scheduled and charter services to European holiday destinations; and London City is for short-haul business services to Europe.
The map here shows all five airports in relation to each other, and the main transport links between them and with central London.
There are direct rail links between all of them and central London as follows (prices are for a single ticket, correct as at Jan 08):
Heathrow
LHR - Paddington: Heathrow Express (15 mins, £14.50 online, £15.50 from ticket office or machine, £17.50 if you buy on board the train)
LHR - Paddington: Heathrow Connect (25 mins, £6.90)
LHR - Central London: Piccadilly Line (55 mins, £4 cash, cheaper with Oyster card)
Gatwick
LGW - Victoria: Gatwick Express (30 mins, £16.90)
LGW - Victoria: Southern (30-40 mins, £8.90)
LGW - London Bridge/St Pancras International: First Capital Connect, 30 mins, £8.90)
Stansted
STN - Liverpool Street: Stansted Express (45 mins, £15 online, £16 from ticket office)
Luton
LTN - St Pancras International/London Bridge (32 mins, £10.40; free shuttle bus service from Luton Parkway station to the airport)
London City
LCY - Bank: DLR (22 mins £4 cash, cheaper with Oyster card)
There are also bus and coach links between all the airports and central London and other destinations. These are usually a bit cheaper than the rail fares, but take longer and are much less reliable. There are also regular coach services between the four main airports (www.nationalexpress.com). Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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London has 5 international airport located at various spots around the city.
The airports are:
London Heathrow (LHR)
London Gatwick (LGW)
London Stansted (STN)
London Luton (LTN)
London City (LCY)
London Heathrow and London Gatwick are the biggest airport and are served by most major airlines. London Heathrow is served by the Underground, and also many bus services.
Regular train services run between Victoria Station and Gatwick Airport.
London Stansted and London Luton are served by many budget namely Easyjet and Ryanair. These airports are located towards the North of the city, and have regular train connections to the city. Leave a Comment Theme: AirplaneWebsite: www.baa.co.uk
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| | | | Stansted Airport | Tip Rating:  | | | | |
Being the main hub for Ryanair and other budget carriers, Stansted clearly puts emphasis on low costs and maximised efficiency. It is not necessarily the most convenient airport to use. This is apparent in the main terminal with all the check-in booths lumped together leaving so little space that a queue in front of a check-in desk will seriously impede peoples' ability to get through. They also seem to save on the electricity bill, very dim light everywhere making one sleepy and uncomfortable.
The airport is pretty far out of town, much closer to Cambridge than to London. It is well connected to the railway network; the travel time of 45 minutes to London Liverpool St. is not that bad, comparing it with other large city airports. But the price -- 22 quid for a return ticket -- is outrageous. There are also coach services with various routes available.
Please note that most no-frills airlines open their check-ins no sooner than 90 minutes before the scheduled departure time, so it is absolutely unnecessary to arrive at the airport earlier than that only to hang around in that unpleasing terminal.
For disabled travellers, there is a special seating/waiting area. It might be advantageous to use it -- if there is no power wheelchair or scooter occupying the electric plugs, you might be able to use your notebook computer without needing to rely on the batteries.
Thanks to VTer HORSCHECK, I am now aware that the central terminal building actually was designed by Norman Foster, the architect who made those wonderful conversions of the German Reichstag and the British Museum. I still think the building is boring, maybe he let one of his apprentices do the designing... Leave a Comment Theme: AirplaneWebsite: http://www.stanstedairport.com/
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| | | | The backdoor into London -LCY | Tip Rating: | | | | |
London City airport in Docklands is easily the closest airport to the centre of the city as it is only in Zone 3/4 on the travelcard.
It was mainly aimed at business users, but you can sometimes get cheap fares, especially if you get a choice of airports on your ticket following an intercontinental leg (eg to Amsterdam)
When you take into account that the Stansted express train is £24 quid return (a complete rip-off) it often works out reasonably.
You can now get to LCY directly from the following cities:
Amsterdam. Antwep, Basel, Belfast City, Brussels, Cardiff, Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, I of M, Jersey, Leipzig, Luxembourg, Manchester, Paris Orly, Rotterdam, Swansea and Zurich. Leave a Comment Theme: AirplaneWebsite: www.londoncityairport.com
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| | | | Heathrow Airport | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Heathrow (IATA code LHR) is the one of the busiest international airports and a hub for the national air carrier - British Airways. It has 4 terminals and 2 main runways.
Some airlines operationg on Heathrow : British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, Iberia, Air China, American Airlines, TAROM, Malev, Air Canada, Air India, SAS, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air, Turkish Airlines, South African Airlines, Qantas, Alitalia, Japan Airlines, Austrian Airlines, LOT, Swiss International Airlines. Leave a Comment Theme: AirplanePhone: +44 870 000 0123Website: www.baa.co.uk/main/airports/heathrow
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