Heathrow Airport has been named Europe’s 2nd best airport in a survey by travel comparison specialist hoppa. Gatwick, Luton, and Stansted come in at third, fourth and eighth respectively in a table headed by Glasgow. The survey assesses the UK and Europe’s airports analysing flight departures, average delays, cancellations, airport links, lounge offerings, and parking.
Connected
As the UK’s busiest and most connected airport, Heathrow sees an average of over 1,269 daily flights and connects to 207 global destinations, beating all other UK competitors. Although high volume has its downside, about 1.98 per cent of flights this year were cancelled, which is higher than average. Despite this, fewer than one in 10 flights were delayed by 30 minutes or more since the start of the year, lower than the average across all UK hubs in the study.
Gatwick, in third place, is one of the best UK airports for connectivity, punctuality, and travel experience. It ranks second for airport links, with 185 routes and lounges, six across both terminals, trailing only behind Heathrow. On average, Gatwick sees over 624 daily flights, which is far more than most UK regional airports, although less than half that of Heathrow.
Stress-free
Copenhagen Airport ranks as the best airport in Europe in the study. It has has the lowest average departure delay, at just eight minutes, and arrival delays average only nine minutes.
Stockholm Arlanda offers the cheapest daily parking of all airports analysed – both in the UK and abroad. Alongside Copenhagen and Stockholm, Palma, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Budapest,
Rome, Dusseldorf, and Barcelona make up the top 10 airports in Europe outside the UK.
Chris Harrington, managing director at hoppa, explained that the ranking of the UK’s top 10 best airports accounted for the most important considerations for a stress-free airport experience, including average delay times, the likelihood of cancellations, and parking.
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