Hi,

I am sorry if this has already been discussed:

Is there any geographical difference of destinations from the airports LGW and LHR, for example do flights to continent A rather depart from LGW while flights to continent B rather from LHR?

BA operates from LGW and LHR... do they also depart from LGW for longhaul?

Are there many international airlines - especially intercontinental airlines - operating from both airports?

Is there any chance to bypass visa regulations with direct shuttle service? I.e. when a pax from a country with compulsory visa for the UK arrives in LHR but wants to continue from LGW: can he take some direct bus and do without Transit visa? Is baggage transported by the Airline?

Ia LGW rather good for point-to-point or can it be considered as a bub?


Then, last: do you think this costs BA, VS (do they operate from LGW??) and the BAA lots of customers, since interchange between these gateways is everything but convenient. Before changing from LHR to LGW I would rather book a flight via AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA, AMS (or CDG, although this is probably even worse than travelling from LHR to LGW)... Personally, if I operated for an airline, I would of course try to get a slot at bigger LHR in order to catch more other traffic!