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Best + Worst Airports

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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    Big_Bad_World said:
    maidstoneaddick said:
    Best - Singapore (stupidly bought the then future wifes platinum engagement ring there for a great price. Only when I bought the wedding ring and later an eternity ring in Platinum did i realise how expensive it is in the Uk

    Worst - Luton - What an absolute shit heap!!
    Agreed on Luton. A complete cesspit of an airport.

    Best is any in the Caribbean as it means I'm in the Caribbean and not here, or in Luton.
    Don’t tell you start to throw the seats about.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Singapore is great.

    Toronto Pearson is a large modern airport, but every time I fly through there something goes wrong - delayed flights, missed connections, lost luggage etc. so I hate the place.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Valley27000 said:
    Our Millwall friends are laughing at this thread.
    Really? Who cares what they think. 
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    JFK is awful, Chicago has improved since I was a kid, last time I transferred through there I managed to spend the 2 hour lay-over at Chilli's. Boneless wings and a pint of Sam Adams 😁

    Philadelphia is good, good selection of food and usually very quick from check-in to air-side. Arriving can be hit and miss, sometimes no queue at immigration, other times it's inundated.

    Not a fan of Gatwick, often a monumental hike to the gate, similar at Standard, especially if you're braving a Ryanair flight.

    Big thumbs up for Helsinki
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    edited November 2019
    I’m amazed people can remember airports so well.

    i must have flown into/from 40 odd and they all just merge into one in my memory. I’m sure I had positive/negative thoughts about many at the time but don’t remember now.

    Last one I flew out of (for the first time) was Heathrow T5 which was very spacious, relaxing and generally nice.

    I remember Negril in Jamaica being a huge wait to get through passport control.

    And I remember Dubrovnik for the horrific hangover and not knowing what to do with myself.

    The rest are all a bit samey but then I’ve not been to many places outside of Europe tbf.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,739
    Best - Bratislava. Modern, bright, full of totty and half empty.

    Worst - Oslo Torp Sandfjord. Utter pit how it is described as Oslo is anyone's guess. Is about 3 hours outside the city.

    Stockholm Skavaska isn't much better. Basically a hut in the middle of nowhere.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Clem_Snide said:
    Best - Bratislava. Modern, bright, full of totty and half empty.

    Worst - Oslo Torp Sandfjord. Utter pit how it is described as Oslo is anyone's guess. Is about 3 hours outside the city.

    Stockholm Skavaska isn't much better. Basically a hut in the middle of nowhere.
    Sounds like you've used Ryanair for a lot of your European travel then? :)
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,595
    In the UK when I can I fly from London City. Quick and easy especially if only hand luggage. Luton is the pits!
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    Best: Singapore 
    Best UK London City

    Worst Nairobi 
  • last_line
    last_line Posts: 573
    Best - London city
    Worst - Nairobi - absolute hole of a place, yet Mombasa is the total opposite.
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  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    This is very easy for me.

    Worst: LAX - what a shit hole. Worse still the Americans are about as welcoming as the Taliban at a bacon convention. I agree with @Leroy Ambrose about Brunei too.

    Best: Dubai could have been great but the connection between the terminals is not great, Singapore was good but some parts are looking aged now. That being the case I am going to opt for Dublin on the grounds that the lovely lady at the Business Lounge front desk let me wife and kids in for free!
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,149
    best as mentioned by stuofkunming Qatar basically the best of Dubai airport with no people 

    not so keen on city cos it feels  5 times busier than it was 20 years ago (still use it due to closeness to home and it not being stansted) and Stansted which is 10 times busier 

    Worse
    egypt proper filth , thick twunts had an air show beside the airport delaying all flights for 3 hours 
    nearly getting ours cancelled due to working time restrictions ours were spinning back round .
    add to that the dirty lecherous filth at the security and it’s a no no 
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    stonemuse said:
    Valley27000 said:
    Our Millwall friends are laughing at this thread.
    Really? Who cares what they think. 
    According to some, just by posting that you don't care shows that you actually do.

    It's a logic of idiocy, I agree.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Big_Bad_World said:
    stonemuse said:
    Valley27000 said:
    Our Millwall friends are laughing at this thread.
    Really? Who cares what they think. 
    According to some, just by posting that you don't care shows that you actually do.

    It's a logic of idiocy, I agree.
    I'm gonna start a new thread....'Best and Worst Train Trips' - that'll have the Spanners salivating into their early morning pint of Skol.
  • Big_Bad_World
    Big_Bad_World Posts: 5,859
    The_President said:
    Big_Bad_World said:
    stonemuse said:
    Valley27000 said:
    Our Millwall friends are laughing at this thread.
    Really? Who cares what they think. 
    According to some, just by posting that you don't care shows that you actually do.

    It's a logic of idiocy, I agree.
    I'm gonna start a new thread....'Best and Worst Train Trips' - that'll have the Spanners salivating into their early morning pint of Skol.
    Skol is more like a cup of cocoa before bed.

    Bells is a morning tipple.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,679
    Big_Bad_World said:
    The_President said:
    Big_Bad_World said:
    stonemuse said:
    Valley27000 said:
    Our Millwall friends are laughing at this thread.
    Really? Who cares what they think. 
    According to some, just by posting that you don't care shows that you actually do.

    It's a logic of idiocy, I agree.
    I'm gonna start a new thread....'Best and Worst Train Trips' - that'll have the Spanners salivating into their early morning pint of Skol.
    Skol is more like a cup of cocoa before bed.

    Bells is a morning tipple.
    Bells lol.

    Turps or White spirit more like. 
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,091
    Chizz said:
    This looks stunning... https://gtm.uk.com/british-airways-moves-to-beijing-daxing/
    I've been there.

    Best: SIN and HGK
    Worse: MAN due to the security.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,145
    Actually better than all the above for starting a European trip is....

    Ebbsfleet International Eurostar station :-)

    Especially since they did away with the border guard post and replaced it with pleasant human beings who scan your passport as you wander in.

  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,145
    wmcf123 said:
    Singapore is superb .

    Luton horrific for many reasons.  A huge disappointment was Berlin - absolutely bugger all there 
    Berlin Tegel or Schönefeld? Either way there's a reason for it. They built a huge new airport next to Schönefeld. It's pretty much all built but for 4 years it's been sitting there with "teething problems" such as the fire sprinkler systems. There is still no opening date and is a national scandal. Very Un-German.

    I am writing this from Berlin, but we can get here by train in 4 hours, way to go:-)
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,336
    Showmetheway2gohome said:
    Best Bangkok 
    don’t like heathrow
    liverpool although cheap and quick on plus side. 
    Regina sk Canada not lot going on there 
    Bangkok is ok but not nice when it is busy. The Thais screwed up. As soon as they built it, it was at capacity. Indeed, they had to reopen the old airport for a lot of the lower cost flights which is ridiculous as they are on opposite sides of the city.
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    PragueAddick said:
    Actually better than all the above for starting a European trip is....

    Ebbsfleet International Eurostar station :-)

    Especially since they did away with the border guard post and replaced it with pleasant human beings who scan your passport as you wander in.

    Used that for the first time on a trip to Paris last month ... agreed, very pleasant and so easy and quick
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    Best - St Thomas in the Virgin Islands, you walk straight off the plane to the street and are handed a glass of rum as you go. That’s how air travel should be.

    Worst - probably Hyderabad but I definitely agree with the shouts for JFK. I work in NYC a couple of times a year and always use Newark now which is marginally better. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,851
    It sometimes depends on which bit of the terminal you're in. Changing planes in Abu Dhabi a couple of years ago, the upstairs terminal was swish and stylish but downstairs (for my onward flight to India) was surprisingly basic and uninviting
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    Bridgetown is pretty good.

    Planes parks next to the building, off the plane, through passport control and collected luggage and out the airport in about 30 minutes.
  • DoctorCharlton
    DoctorCharlton Posts: 2,463
    Valley27000 said:
    Our Millwall friends are laughing at this thread.
    It's a proper Charlton thread this one.
  • SE10Addick
    SE10Addick Posts: 2,964
    Coimbatore Airport in India is awful. Nearly as bad as Luton.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Ormiston Addick said:
    This is very easy for me.

    Worst: LAX - what a shit hole. Worse still the Americans are about as welcoming as the Taliban at a bacon convention. I agree with @Leroy Ambrose about Brunei too.

    Best: Dubai could have been great but the connection between the terminals is not great, Singapore was good but some parts are looking aged now. That being the case I am going to opt for Dublin on the grounds that the lovely lady at the Business Lounge front desk let me wife and kids in for free!
    I've been to LAX twice and both times I've had the shits (true story).
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    Is LAX short for laxative?

  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,052
    Hong Kong airport is pretty exceptional and ‘in-town check-in’ is genius.

    JFK is getting some stick and whilst some terminals are diabolical, T4 and T5 are actually very good.  
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,037
    newyorkaddick said:
    Hong Kong airport is pretty exceptional and ‘in-town check-in’ is genius.

    JFK is getting some stick and whilst some terminals are diabolical, T4 and T5 are actually very good.  
    How does in-town check in work? 

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