Prev: UK’s Newcastle and Cardiff airports seek long haul flights
Next: http//5z50.cdschool.com.tw
From: William Black on 14 Jun 2010 11:50
On 14/06/10 06:15, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <hv3lov$1uc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, at 23:23:30 on
> Sun, 13 Jun 2010, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> remarked:
>
>>>> if Heathrow was somewhere near Dartford you'd
>>>>> find people changing their mind pretty quickly.
>>>>
>>>> And if my granny had wheels she'd be a cart, but she isn't...
>>>>
>>>> All you'd get would be a lot of people not flying to Heathrow from
>>>> Leeds
>>>
>>> But enough flying to make a viable route.
>>
>> Don't know about that.
>>
>> Leeds to the Dartford Tunnel is about three and a half hours driving
>> time.
>>
>> With a three hour check-in before flying on an international flight
>> and a minimum one hour transit time across a major London airport it
>> doesn't really make sense not to drive/train/bus down to London even
>> if you want to use the London airport as a hub.
>
> The check-in time at Leeds wouldn't be three hours for a hop to London
> (regardless of where you go to afterwards) so you've got that sum
> backwards.

The check-in time for international flights at Leeds, even if changing
at Heathrow, is three hours.

>> The major issue for most people using UK domestic airports to get an
>> onwards flight from Heathrow is the lack of porters on our railway
>> system.
>
> I agree that getting across London with luggage is an issue, which is
> why one of my other interests is researching ways to do that as
> step-free as possible. Once you are at Paddington, then it's not too
> much of a problem any more. No more so than when you arrive at Heathrow
> by car (no porters there, either). Of course, using a smaller regional
> airport to do the first hop (maybe to Paris or Schiphol rather than
> Heathrow) is much easier, baggage-wise, than Heathrow.

My route for the past two years has been Manchester to Paris and onwards
from there, all with Air France.

My only issue so far has been the prices at CDG :-)


--
William Black

These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious
Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes
their passage does so at his own peril.

From: Roland Perry on 14 Jun 2010 12:24
In message <hv5j38$6vs$3(a)news.eternal-september.org>, at 16:50:00 on
Mon, 14 Jun 2010, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> remarked:
>> The check-in time at Leeds wouldn't be three hours for a hop to London
>> (regardless of where you go to afterwards) so you've got that sum
>> backwards.
>
>The check-in time for international flights at Leeds, even if changing
>at Heathrow, is three hours.

In their dreams. When does check-in *close*?

(Hmm, no-one flies Leeds-LHR at the moment, but if it was BMI their
checkin desks close 45-60 minutes before departure, depending on the
airport. At EMA you always get a fast-track pass for security if you fly
BMI).

My timetable allowed 2hrs, which is plenty.

>>> The major issue for most people using UK domestic airports to get an
>>> onwards flight from Heathrow is the lack of porters on our railway
>>> system.
>>
>> I agree that getting across London with luggage is an issue, which is
>> why one of my other interests is researching ways to do that as
>> step-free as possible. Once you are at Paddington, then it's not too
>> much of a problem any more. No more so than when you arrive at Heathrow
>> by car (no porters there, either). Of course, using a smaller regional
>> airport to do the first hop (maybe to Paris or Schiphol rather than
>> Heathrow) is much easier, baggage-wise, than Heathrow.
>
>My route for the past two years has been Manchester to Paris and
>onwards from there, all with Air France.
>
>My only issue so far has been the prices at CDG :-)

I don't buy anything there. Simples.
--
Roland Perry
From: Buddenbrooks on 14 Jun 2010 12:40

"Roland Perry" <roland(a)perry.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9SCuvgMgklFMFAE7(a)perry.co.uk...

> Maybe it's something to do with the Indian Tourist Visa, and they'll only
> get one for you if they can fill in the "where I'm staying" stuff for you.
> I was in India a couple of weeks ago, but on a conference visa.
>


I am surprised that pre-trip Visas are still required. I am disinclined to
go where I have to go through too much advanced planning.



From: Roland Perry on 14 Jun 2010 14:41
In message <cYsRn.63827$Of1.45373(a)hurricane>, at 17:40:43 on Mon, 14 Jun
2010, Buddenbrooks <knightstemplar(a)budweiser.com> remarked:
>> Maybe it's something to do with the Indian Tourist Visa, and they'll
>>only get one for you if they can fill in the "where I'm staying"
>>stuff for you. I was in India a couple of weeks ago, but on a
>>conference visa.
>
> I am surprised that pre-trip Visas are still required. I am
>disinclined to go where I have to go through too much advanced planning.

Getting a visa to go India is quite difficult. I agree that I would
probably not go there on holiday in the current circumstances, as the
paperwork is too much bother.
--
Roland Perry
From: William Black on 14 Jun 2010 16:03
On 14/06/10 17:24, Roland Perry wrote:
> In message <hv5j38$6vs$3(a)news.eternal-september.org>, at 16:50:00 on
> Mon, 14 Jun 2010, William Black <william.black(a)hotmail.co.uk> remarked:
>>> The check-in time at Leeds wouldn't be three hours for a hop to London
>>> (regardless of where you go to afterwards) so you've got that sum
>>> backwards.
>>
>> The check-in time for international flights at Leeds, even if changing
>> at Heathrow, is three hours.
>
> In their dreams. When does check-in *close*?

I have no idea, I do know that it once took me over two and a half
hours to get to my flight at Heathrow.

>> My route for the past two years has been Manchester to Paris and
>> onwards from there, all with Air France.
>>
>> My only issue so far has been the prices at CDG :-)
>
> I don't buy anything there. Simples.

If you've got a five hour stop-over you would...

Look at the flights from Bombay to Manchester via Paris...

--
William Black

These are the gilded popinjays and murderous assassins of Perfidious
Albion and they are about their Queen's business. Any man who impedes
their passage does so at his own peril.

First  |  Prev  |  Next  |  Last
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5
Prev: UK’s Newcastle and Cardiff airports seek long haul flights
Next: http//5z50.cdschool.com.tw