HX3
Well-Known Member
In fairness I don’t believe any UK airport is really bad, but where we do let ourselves down are in a few areas.
Firstly, planning is costly and protracted and by the time things are decided, the original budget is no longer enough, as prices have gone up. We then cost engineer and end up with vanilla and lose the sprinkles as the budget has gone.
Our airports therefore are never architectural wonders, we don’t have have a stand out that people remember their visit by, such as Singapore. However, our main failing in my opinion is maintenance- in all areas of life in the UK we maintain things poorly, so very quickly things can look a bit tired. That said, I’ve never had a really bad experience at any UK airport, they are functional, just not outstanding.
The worst I have used recently is Verona, bloody awful and Heraklion years ago was absolutely nasty.
Malaga non Schengen as I found out the other day is pretty utilitarian and grim, in stark contrast to the Schengen gates… but that’s what we get with Brexshit.
Firstly, planning is costly and protracted and by the time things are decided, the original budget is no longer enough, as prices have gone up. We then cost engineer and end up with vanilla and lose the sprinkles as the budget has gone.
Our airports therefore are never architectural wonders, we don’t have have a stand out that people remember their visit by, such as Singapore. However, our main failing in my opinion is maintenance- in all areas of life in the UK we maintain things poorly, so very quickly things can look a bit tired. That said, I’ve never had a really bad experience at any UK airport, they are functional, just not outstanding.
The worst I have used recently is Verona, bloody awful and Heraklion years ago was absolutely nasty.
Malaga non Schengen as I found out the other day is pretty utilitarian and grim, in stark contrast to the Schengen gates… but that’s what we get with Brexshit.
