London now has five regional airports servicing the capital. Heathrow and Gatwick and the larger sites servicing the many multinational airline brands and are regarded and the main UK hubs but the has been a noticeable increase in traffic to the three other regional airports at Luton , Stansted and London’s City Airport.
All the regional airports offer the same facilities as their better know sister airports , all have great transport links into London and many regular travellers have said when it comes to things like Parking Luton Airport is much better bet than paying through the nose at Heathrow or Gatwick.
The owners of these airports have realised that by being ultra efficient with the products and services that they offer consumers and now turning to the so called smaller airports as they realise that bigger does not always mean better. The average transit time from touchdown to the parking lot is 40% quicker at places like Luton as opposed to Gatwick where the walk from the plane to the luggage reclaim can take up to 30 mins.
This together with the problems booking in at the busier airports have meant a year on year increase in passengers at regional airports up and down the UK even against falling numbers overall during the post recession period.
I for one am happy to use Stansted or Luton with Low cost carriers like Easy Jet and Ryan Air providing such comprehensive services to so many European destinations.
