Easyjet to fly from London Southend Airport

Jack Campin wrote:

[Southend]
Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow?
LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get
to.

Easy, but only cheap-ish by London standards, which are not those of most
of the world.

But that's a given. If someone baulks at the cost of taking the tube
from Heathrow to central London, they may want to consider their plans.

None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key
variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system.
Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None
of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get
there by public transit).
Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK.
London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street
Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same
for LGW from Victoria station.

Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get
you there for early morning flights.

But the bus goes there, e.g. Terravision.

The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that
I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more
convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't
run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's
has a night bus service.

I don't know the cost of Istanbul's metro, I expect it's cheap. There
are lots of European airports I can think of with cheap connections to
the airport though- even in the US, Boston's subway connects you for
$1.70.

Manchester has buses and trains (which run all night) and in a couple of
years also trams, though that will probably take longer from the centre
than the trains, but the trains aren't particularly cheap, around £8
return. I can think of other UK cities (e.g. Newcastle) with cheap
services to their airports.

For sheer gratuitous muddle and user-hostility, the public transport
links from Budapest to the two Ferihegy airports (miles apart) would
be hard to beat.

We just took a taxi, which split between two wasn't a hardship.

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JohnT wrote:

"Jack Campin" wrote in message
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[Southend]
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Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get
you there for early morning flights.

The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that
I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more
convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't
run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's
has a night bus service.

San Diego Airport is in the City Centre. Las Vegas Airport is near the
Strip. Newcastle (UK) Airport is at the end of one of the Tyneside Metro
lines and I have unlimited Metro travel for £25 per year.

In a month I'll fly to Gibraltar which I hear is also pretty close.
Leaving immediately though.

--
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www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)
"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

In message , David Hatunen
writes
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article , Jack Campin
wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532
.........London Southend..........that is!!!! Who makes this stuff up?
It's Southend Airport....for gawds sake! [though ties in nicely with
another thread about how cheap Ryanair are.....well, if you were
coming into London and land at Southend, its gotta be cheap because
the onward time and money will knock a bit of a hole in Ryanair ticket
price and convenience..]

Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow?

LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get
to. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key
variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system.
Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None
of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get
there by public transit).

Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK.

London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube
station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW
from Victoria station. Luton looks to be a bit hoopy (I've never been
there) but London City doesn't look all that difficult save for the
change to DLR and what seems to be a short walk from the DLR/City Airport
station (I've been through it on the DLR but didn't pay much attention).

Luton (and Gatwick) have direct trains from any of Kings Cross/St
Pancras, Farringdon, or London Bridge stations (and for Gatwick these
trains are cheaper than the ones from Victoria).


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Sheila Page

"Sheila Page" wrote in message
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In message , David Hatunen
writes
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article , Jack Campin
wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532
.........London Southend..........that is!!!! Who makes this stuff up?
It's Southend Airport....for gawds sake! [though ties in nicely with
another thread about how cheap Ryanair are.....well, if you were
coming into London and land at Southend, its gotta be cheap because
the onward time and money will knock a bit of a hole in Ryanair ticket
price and convenience..]

Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or Heathrow?

LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get
to. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key
variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway system.
Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None
of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get
there by public transit).

Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK.

London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street Tube
station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same for LGW
from Victoria station. Luton looks to be a bit hoopy (I've never been
there) but London City doesn't look all that difficult save for the
change to DLR and what seems to be a short walk from the DLR/City Airport
station (I've been through it on the DLR but didn't pay much attention).

Luton (and Gatwick) have direct trains from any of Kings Cross/St Pancras,
Farringdon, or London Bridge stations (and for Gatwick these trains are
cheaper than the ones from Victoria).

They are cheaper than the "non stop" trains from Victoria.

They are (approximately) the same price as the stopping trains from Victoria

tim



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Sheila Page

"JohnT" wrote in message
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"Jack Campin" wrote in message
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[Southend]
Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or
Heathrow?
LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to get
to.

Easy, but only cheap-ish by London standards, which are not those of most
of the world.

None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key
variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway
system.
Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago. None
of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get
there by public transit).
Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK.
London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street
Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same
for LGW from Victoria station.

Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get
you there for early morning flights.

The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that
I know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more
convenient and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't
run 24 hours and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's
has a night bus service.

San Diego Airport is in the City Centre. Las Vegas Airport is near the
Strip. Newcastle (UK) Airport is at the end of one of the Tyneside Metro
lines and I have unlimited Metro travel for £25 per year.

I don't believe that's available to a "normal" person.

tim

ho ho ho

"David Horne" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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Martin wrote:

On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:02:55 +0100, (David Horne)
wrote:

Graham Harrison wrote:

[]
As for Southend the airport owner has paid to have the station moved to
make it much more convenient and there are trains every 20 minutes to
Liverpool St taking almost exactly an hour which is a bit better than
Stansted (every 15 minutes/50 minutes) but not an enormous amount.

Don't you mean a bit worse...

Anyway it is intended for the Southend catchment area.

All this airport location stuff reminds me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKEBCG3iJtw

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"[Do you think the world learned anything from the first
world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)

hohoho funny martin

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de groupe de discussion :
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:14:49 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman
wrote:

On Jun 23, 10:24 am, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:00:49 -0700 (PDT), Surreyman









wrote:
On Jun 22, 11:03 pm, "F*ck Off Uncle Dave"
wrote:
On Jun 22, 5:08 pm, Jack Campin wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532
Miles from Charing Cross as the crow flies...
LCY 7
Biggin Hill 13
LHR 14
LGW 24
LTN 27
Stansted 31
Southend 35
Cambridge 50
London Manston 65

Can we have that in pounds?

Stansted is ludicrously expensive to get to from London. Southend
can't be worse, can it?

Well, the only time I did it was almost forty years ago and the train
went through some pretty, er, dodgy parts of East London. A lot of
those are now not at all dodgy, but I think you would still be well
advised to hire bodyguards for the journey. That would put the price
up...

F*UD

Rubbish.
So you'd advise that also for trains into the 2012 Olympics?

So how was Westland?
--

Martin

Terrific.
Just hit the new groene haaring season of course, which was
tremendous!
Didn't realise how small is Maasdijk - my friends' extended families
seem to own most of it! :-))
Great to be back after some 20+ years.
Bad news - my old flat in Leyweg, Haag, used to look out over Westland
polder - now there's a further few miles of city!
But, as always, Dutch hospitality reigned supreme!

Alan

and you had lots of real Indonesian food?
--

Martin

On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:15:12 +0100, Sheila Page wrote:

In message , David Hatunen
writes
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:59:13 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article , Jack
Campin
wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-13789532
.........London Southend..........that is!!!! Who makes this stuff
up? It's Southend Airport....for gawds sake! [though ties in nicely
with another thread about how cheap Ryanair are.....well, if you
were coming into London and land at Southend, its gotta be cheap
because the onward time and money will knock a bit of a hole in
Ryanair ticket price and convenience..]

Is it much harder to get to (from Euston, say) than Gatwick or
Heathrow?

LHR is on the Tube (subway system) which makes it easy and cheap to
get to. None of the other London airports are. IMO, that is the key
variable in an airport - if it is connected to the city's subway
system.
Both of Chicago's airports are, which is a big plus for Chicago.
None
of New York's are (in each case, you have to jump through hoops to get
there by public transit).

Not much of a hoop at JFK. One change from the subway to Airtrain JFK.

London Stansted airport is accessible by train from Liverpool Street
Tube station, no worse than changing tube trains. Pretty much the same
for LGW from Victoria station. Luton looks to be a bit hoopy (I've never
been there) but London City doesn't look all that difficult save for the
change to DLR and what seems to be a short walk from the DLR/City
Airport station (I've been through it on the DLR but didn't pay much
attention).

Luton (and Gatwick) have direct trains from any of Kings Cross/St
Pancras, Farringdon, or London Bridge stations (and for Gatwick these
trains are cheaper than the ones from Victoria).

But is the Luton train station in the airport or is some sort of station-
airport shuttle used? At Gatwick the station is under one of the
terminals.

I was aware of the other connections to Gatwick, but the fast train,
Gatwick Express, is from Victoria Station, although we always save a few
pounds and use a non-express train; these are only a a bit slower.


--
Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow

On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:28:22 +0100, Jack Campin wrote:

The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I know
of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient and
comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours and you
can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus service.

New York calls itself "The City That Never Sleeps" and you can access JFK
24/7 by the subway/AirTrain route. But as to LaGuardia, fuggedaboudit.


--
Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow

On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:14:11 +0100, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)
wrote:

JohnT wrote:

"Jack Campin" wrote in message
...
[Southend]
[]
Stansted is pretty expensive to get to and there are no trains to get
you there for early morning flights.

The two cheapest airports to get to from a major city centre that I
know of are Istanbul and Edinburgh. Istanbul has a more convenient
and comfortable service with the metro, but it doesn't run 24 hours
and you can get stuck with using taxis. Edinburgh's has a night bus
service.

San Diego Airport is in the City Centre. Las Vegas Airport is near the
Strip. Newcastle (UK) Airport is at the end of one of the Tyneside
Metro lines and I have unlimited Metro travel for £25 per year.

In a month I'll fly to Gibraltar which I hear is also pretty close.
Leaving immediately though.

My understanding is that everything in Gibralter is pretty close.

Am I right in understanding that they have to close a road when a plane
lands, rather like a railway crossing?

Ah. Yes. The crossing shows up quite clearly in Google maps.


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Dave Hatunen, Tucson, Baja Arizona, out where the cacti grow