Europes Best and Worst Airports

SuperDave84 wrote: nvidic wrote: Another BS Sbyrne fact, crew use different security to everyone else and can take through 2l bottles, including in Dublin Source? I worked in the airport and used to do it In fairness, he doesn't say he was flying as crew on that occasion. Also, if he works for BA, it would make sense that he wasn't flying as crew in or out of Modlin, where BA don't fly.

Anyone travelling to Georgia notice the name of the Airport in Kutaisi "David the Builder Airport" never knew bob had a brother living in Georgia!!!

randyrandolph wrote: Gary McKay wrote: I cant understand the hatred for Stansted.   My sister lives nearby so I use it a lot.   It's a fcuking airport, I dont eat there, shop there, drink there - I use it because they have airplanes there. Get in and get out.   I like Madrid airport.     half the problem with stansted is the name, London Stansted. It's not London. It's not even close. It should be called Essex airport if anything. or just Stansted. but not london. by the time you get there on the poxy train from liverpool st you've already had a miserable experience. it stops in tottenham for christ sake. nothing should ever stop in tottenham.

the same can be said for Gatwick and Luton! You could even say Heathrow isn't London either it's out in Middlesex!

Edited by Trigboy 10 - 05 Oct 2016 at 6:21pm

In terms of the best i'd definitely have to agree with the aforementioned Amsterdam Schiphol, Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok and Singapore Changi airport. Must Say that Osaka Kansai airport was also spot on. 

Asia pretty much always has good airports though.

Fintan wrote: Stanstead is always bunged to the rafters and the automated passport thing on the way out is a pain in the arse as invariably you are stuck behind some confused Mediterranean type. The staff are rude. There is nowhere to smoke. It is an pain in the ballix getting to it or very expensive via public transport. Utterly horrible place. Whoever above said Modlin is crap was right. Palma airport is like a zoo in the summer with the absolute dregs of British society roaming about yapping. I like Gatwick. It used to be free until relatively recently from London Bridge.

lassassinblanc wrote: Interesting video in terms of the Funchal. Would majority of airports you fly into though be programmed in the plane ?

It depends on various factors It is airline/airport/aircraft dependent mostly weather comes into play also, a lot of airlines actively discourage manual flying of the aircraft, which leads to lose of aptitude in the flight deck, it also leads to being 'out of the loop' as the pilot in command is basically became a costumed to monitoring the aircraft and not flying it. This at times can become evident in the sim checks. Airbus in general are more aimed towards that kind of flying due to the nature of the aircraft compared to Boeing which is hand on, it actually feels like an aircraft.

Edited by SByrne24 - 06 Oct 2016 at 9:18am

Fintan wrote: Stanstead is always bunged to the rafters and the automated passport thing on the way out is a pain in the arse as invariably you are stuck behind some confused Mediterranean type. The staff are rude. There is nowhere to smoke. It is an pain in the ballix getting to it or very expensive via public transport. Utterly horrible place. Whoever above said Modlin is crap was right. Palma airport is like a zoo in the summer with the absolute dregs of British society roaming about yapping. I like Gatwick. It used to be free until relatively recently from London Bridge.

Gary McKay wrote: randyrandolph wrote: Gary McKay wrote: I cant understand the hatred for Stansted.   My sister lives nearby so I use it a lot.   It's a fcuking airport, I dont eat there, shop there, drink there - I use it because they have airplanes there. Get in and get out.   I like Madrid airport.     half the problem with stansted is the name, London Stansted. It's not London. It's not even close. It should be called Essex airport if anything. or just Stansted. but not london. by the time you get there on the poxy train from liverpool st you've already had a miserable experience. it stops in tottenham for christ sake. nothing should ever stop in tottenham.  Sister lives in Cambridge so usually got picked up or train to Cambridge. Flew to Cambridge on a Cityjet Fokker 50, great craic, airport two minutes from her gaff. Take your point about about Tottenham. I lived there for six weeks in the 90s and couldnt wait to get out and its a helluva lot worse now.

Gary McKay wrote: pre Madonna wrote: Cambridge is a bit of a kip too mind. I walked from the runway, through a small building and I was in the car park.   Has anyone on here, apart from Baron von Richthofen, been on a Fokker 50, great fun.