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 Transport links between
London's airports by deptlads
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, in standard class):
Heathrow
LHR - Paddington: Heathrow Express (15 mins, £16.50 online, or from ticket office or machine, £19.50 if you buy on board the train) [Britain“s most expensive railway]
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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One of the major highlights of living in London is the access to great priced flights to so many destinations around Europe - with some great competition we have some great bargains available, particularly now that everyones online - so for those coming to see London bear in mind the itineraries you can create before you leave home!
Flights can be linked around Europe. Check out the websites & click on their maps of their destinations to see what links can be made, also calendar/price tables so that you check what prices on what days as prices change from day to day.
and certainly the earlier is usually the better but from time to time prices drop closer to the flight time.
Recommended Budget airlines: www.easyjet.com fly to great destinations including Moroccco and Greece and way up to Riga and Tallinn in the Baltics.
Check out British Airways www.ba.com who run a lot of routes in competition with these budget airlines and some great deals can be had with them along with nicer seating, inflight meals and drinks still included. esp routes to Spain and Gibraltar.
Moroccan company www.atlas-blue.com do some great deals to Morocco and around Europe such as Italy, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands.
www.ryanair.com are very budget airlines tho expensive close to flight departure times and are NOT able to be booked online on day of departure ie only at the airport for a set £180 one way- which they do not make any effort to warn of. Take care that you do not miss the 40 min checkin deadline as they have no mercy - and take care too they take the checkin number off the boards so you dont know where to go if youre running close. but great for flights to usually expensive destinations such as Sweden.
www.skyeurope.com
Lovely airline www.thomsonfly.com
www.norwegian.no do some great deals to their destinations in norway and the baltics.
www.wizzair.com and www.germanwings.com.
www.flymonarch.com - good for Gibraltar and thus Morocco
www.klm.com
www.lufthansa.com have started advertising
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Gatwick is the UK's second busiest airport and situated about 45 km south of London.
Probably the most convenient and fastest way to get from Gatwick to London city centre is by Gatwick Express. The modern train takes just 30 minutes from the airport to London Victoria. It runs every 15 minutes and tickets even can be purchased on the train at no extra cost.
A much cheaper option to get to the heart of London are local trains. First Capital Connect runs direct services to e.g. London Bridge or St. Pancras International.
Gatwick Airport:
http://www.gatwickairport.com/
Gatwick Express:
http://www.gatwickexpress.com/
First Capital Connect:
http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/ Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 Stansted Terminal by Norman
Foster by HORSCHECK
Other options to get to the airport include local trains and coach services.
Stansted Express:
http://www.stanstedexpress.com/
Stansted Airport:
http://www.stanstedairport.com/ Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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 A BA 747 comes in to land at
London Heathrow by easyoar
The best Airport to arrive at is London Heathrow (LHR), I believe it is the busiest airport in the world, and it certainly isn't the worlds nicest airport, but it is extremely convenient for getting in to the centre from as it is possible by bus, taxi, train and underground.
The next best bet is London Gatwick (LGW) which is a bit further out of London (well it isn't really London at all, but near enough to make it reasonable).
By the time you get to London Luton, you're starting to have a bit of imagination in terms of calling it a London airport.
London Stanstead is a bit of a pain in the butt as it really is quite far away! Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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What a good surprise to flight to this airport, which is located in the Docklands close to the City center. I flew with Swiss from Geneva and land to this very convenient airport. My LCY airport approach on board of the Swiss AVRO RJ100 was quite impressive with great views on the city before landing after a stunning but normal dive in direction on the runway. In fact the approach is done at 5.5 degrees or steeper (this compares with 3 degrees at most other airports).
The way out was quick as only small aeroplanes are allowed to land (usually less than 100 passengers on board), currently test are made with an Airbus A319 in prospect of airport development. To reach quickly the city take the Docklands Light Railway London City Airport extension open since December 2005. Direct travel time to Bank in the City of London is a speedy 22 minutes and Canary Wharf is just 14minutes, via Poplar. Which is convenient for business purposes and travellers as well.
London City Airport is situated just 10 miles (16km) from the West End (the major shopping centre) and Westminster (location of main government offices), six miles (10km) from the City of London (the financial district) and three miles (5km) from Canary Wharf (London's newest business and financial centre).
A really quick and convenient experience... too bad that my return flight was from Heathrow... Leave a Comment
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 by dejavu2gb
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
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 Waiting area at the gates,
Stansted Airport by RhineRoll
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. The question is why? Given the cheap and people coralling interior design, a large nissen hut would have done the job. As such, the airport's terminal is a perfect example for today's hypocritical approach to human resources and services. Leave a Comment
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 Heathrow Airport, London by Fam_Stoica
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
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