Inverness: best airport in UK?
Jun 7, 2022, 3:42 pm
#46
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Amidst all the half term flying carnage ; I flew from SOU to Alderney last week, we were the only flight of 20 passengers on n yhe morning; it was like yesteryear; the duty free was open, the Costa opened after they found a Barista!
Alderney was fun on return with hold luggage hand searched and waiting for the flight on a garden terrace
There was a BA cityflyer in situ on our return
In the days of Flybe they used to operate to obscure airports . They used to operate to SEN when there was only one flight a week
and Manston similarly
I have still to break my duck on Humberside and Carlisle
Does anyone remember how lovely Sheffield city airport was?
BA used to operate into there
Alderney was fun on return with hold luggage hand searched and waiting for the flight on a garden terrace
There was a BA cityflyer in situ on our return
In the days of Flybe they used to operate to obscure airports . They used to operate to SEN when there was only one flight a week
and Manston similarly
I have still to break my duck on Humberside and Carlisle
Does anyone remember how lovely Sheffield city airport was?
BA used to operate into there
Jun 7, 2022, 4:25 pm
#47
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Amidst all the half term flying carnage ; I flew from SOU to Alderney last week, we were the only flight of 20 passengers on n yhe morning; it was like yesteryear; the duty free was open, the Costa opened after they found a Barista!
Alderney was fun on return with hold luggage hand searched and waiting for the flight on a garden terrace
There was a BA cityflyer in situ on our return
In the days of Flybe they used to operate to obscure airports . They used to operate to SEN when there was only one flight a week
and Manston similarly
I have still to break my duck on Humberside and Carlisle
Does anyone remember how lovely Sheffield city airport was?
BA used to operate into there
Alderney was fun on return with hold luggage hand searched and waiting for the flight on a garden terrace
There was a BA cityflyer in situ on our return
In the days of Flybe they used to operate to obscure airports . They used to operate to SEN when there was only one flight a week
and Manston similarly
I have still to break my duck on Humberside and Carlisle
Does anyone remember how lovely Sheffield city airport was?
BA used to operate into there
Recall being greeted by my spouse on the other side of the security fence as I disembarked on to the tarmac.
Was great for plane spotting too as you could look down and over the runway.
Jun 9, 2022, 7:34 am
#48
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They now have a PSO service to Aberdeen operated by Eastern Airways with fares from £39.99.
Jun 9, 2022, 8:14 am
#49
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Then I decided it might be more reliable to fly to Wick instead and hope the train could take me back, but of course the plane developed some sort of fault once we had boarded, fortunately this meant I could rebook the flight without losing money again (but I still had to pay to get back to London from EDI), which finally met with success.
Jun 9, 2022, 9:31 am
#50
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Jun 9, 2022, 10:34 am
#51
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I haven't used every airport, but here's my stumping for BHD. Always a breeze, staff are great. Even the new Aspire Lounge is better than I thought it'd be when I went through recently.
If I were inclined to split hairs I'd remind posters that IOM/JER/GCI aren't actually in the UK.
If I were inclined to split hairs I'd remind posters that IOM/JER/GCI aren't actually in the UK.
Fast track security is great, and there’s a screen to hide the fact you’re cutting the line until the last minute. Security is usually efficient, though at quiet times I have had “the works” of random checks including a passport swab for explosives.
The switch from a BA lounge to Aspire hasn’t been as terrible as expected. I miss the staffer who proactively parked champagne on ice beside me but for a domestic Aspire lounge it’s pretty good.
Boarding from the lounge is excellent, although there can be a bit of a rush even then as all the Golds and Silvers fight to get their carry-ons above the first few rows.
Which brings me to today’s LCY flight. Although stand 4 (direct lounge boarding, can be done via steps even if jetty can’t fit the Emby) was free, stand 6 was used. I noted this and left the lounge as the inbound disembarked. What ensued was a complete chaos in the gate corridor, with an EasyJet style fenced in area of preboarded pax. Lots of unhappy CE pax! Definitely no group boarding, and a bit of confusion as to who was on the flight, who had scanned their BP already, seat changes, and who was going to Exeter a few gates down.
Last edited by bd95; Jun 9, 2022 at 10:46 am
Jun 9, 2022, 3:54 pm
#53
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Sticking to BA locations, my ranking would be
1) NCL, I'm so lucky it's my home airport
2) GLA
3) INV
4) LHR T5 First Wing
5) EDI if Fast Track especially if staff wing is used
6) LGW
7) BHD (some terribly inexperienced travellers there...)
8) LCY (not that's bad really, it's generally quick)
9) ABZ
10) IOM
11) JER (don't handle peaks very well, no fast track)
12) LHR T3
13) GCI
14) LHR T3 Flight Connections
15) LHR T5 Flight Connections, though recent improvements with the CT scanner helps when North is being used.
16) NQY
41,321) MAN
If I look at airports in France, NL, Germany, the BA network in the UK isn't much of a concern. LBA would have been number 2.
1) NCL, I'm so lucky it's my home airport
2) GLA
3) INV
4) LHR T5 First Wing
5) EDI if Fast Track especially if staff wing is used
6) LGW
7) BHD (some terribly inexperienced travellers there...)
8) LCY (not that's bad really, it's generally quick)
9) ABZ
10) IOM
11) JER (don't handle peaks very well, no fast track)
12) LHR T3
13) GCI
14) LHR T3 Flight Connections
15) LHR T5 Flight Connections, though recent improvements with the CT scanner helps when North is being used.
16) NQY
41,321) MAN
If I look at airports in France, NL, Germany, the BA network in the UK isn't much of a concern. LBA would have been number 2.
Jun 9, 2022, 4:49 pm
#54
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When I lived there, at one point Wick had flights to Sumburgh, Kirkwall, Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh. I remember getting a cooked breakfast on perhaps a Saab340 which was "British Airways Express operated by Loganair". Those were the days!
They now have a PSO service to Aberdeen operated by Eastern Airways with fares from £39.99.
They now have a PSO service to Aberdeen operated by Eastern Airways with fares from £39.99.
Jun 10, 2022, 2:58 am
#55
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Jun 10, 2022, 3:46 am
#56
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Jun 10, 2022, 4:40 am
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Jun 10, 2022, 5:35 am
#58
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Oh, Edinburgh my home Airport you mean?
Where we are of course the actual capital city of Scotland with a significant financial sector, a Royal palace and a Royal Yacht, a Parliament, a beautiful extinct volcano, 3 significant bridges (UNESCO) all of which you can see with beautiful views along the east coast as you fly in from east to west.
in all seriousness though I only use EDI and LHR, occasionally in the past LGW and BRS so I can't really say much on this particular subject.
Where we are of course the actual capital city of Scotland with a significant financial sector, a Royal palace and a Royal Yacht, a Parliament, a beautiful extinct volcano, 3 significant bridges (UNESCO) all of which you can see with beautiful views along the east coast as you fly in from east to west.
in all seriousness though I only use EDI and LHR, occasionally in the past LGW and BRS so I can't really say much on this particular subject.
Jun 11, 2022, 3:10 am
#59
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