London is served with five airports , Heathrow, Gatwick, London City, Stansted and Luton. The biggest by far and the busiest airport in Europe is London Heathrow. It caters for almost ninety different airlines flying to almost two hundred different destinations, employing over four thousand staff and handling approximately 180,000 passengers a day.
Unlike many other airports it is heavily focused on business travel with over 22 million business passengers using Heathrow alone in 2009 , almost a third of the total number. Many business travellers use London as a quick stop over on route elsewhere and there are many quality Heathrow airport hotels within a five minute taxi ride to cater for need. Many of the hotels offer excellent business facilities including meeting rooms and secretarial services at reasonable rates.
Whilst the London Underground train network does extend out to Heathrow many business people look to hire a car and this can be done either at the airport terminals or at your hotel via the concierge. Parking your car in London can be difficult ( and expensive ) but London has many airport hotels with parking facilities at reasonable rates if you do want to jump on tube and leave your car at the airport for the day.
Many of the airlines also now cater for business travellers with separate quality lounge areas were business people can relax in comfort. Some of these lounges have award winning catering facilities, hairdressers , massage zone and even a putting green.
