Most Extreme Airports
Here at I Love meet and greet, we love to listen to our customers’ stories of places they are flying off to or where they have been on holiday, when they drop off or collect their cars from us outside the airport. Their stories about the busiest airports, small airports and, in particular, the scariest runways are hugely fascinating.
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By Sarah Anglim at 23 Jan 2017
Development Airport Culture
Over the years airports around the world have developed into centres of culture, recreation and business. ..it is hard to believe that airports were initially small functional buildings and now they are multi-purpose hubs with retail outlets, dining facilities, hotels and much more to match the customers’ ever-changing demands.
The first airports started out as grassy fields. …
By Sarah Anglim at 22 Sep 2015
Bit Great British Bee
According to Friends of the Earth our bees are in crisis as they have lost much of their natural habitat in the past 60 years and are under assault from pesticides and intensive farming. The UK has lost a shocking 20 species of bee and a further quarter, are on the red list of threatened species as 97% of our wild flower meadows have disappeared.
Bees pollinate 75% of our crop…
By Sarah Anglim at 14 May 2015
History Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is the second largest airport in the UK flying to 200 destinations and can handle more than 40 million passengers a year. The airport has changed significantly over the last few years and we thought we would take a quick look back at how it all began and some of the history of the airport...
The name, Gatwick itself, dates back to 1241 when Richard de Warwick a…
By Sarah Anglim at 6 May 2015
Airportsyou Love Hate
The word airport conjures up many different connotations depending on the person. Some people will categorically not let themselves start enjoying their holiday until the dreaded ‘airport bit is out of the way’ while others love the whole experience.
Delays, queuing and overpriced merchandise is how many people sum up the experience, but in contrast others find it exciting an…
By Sarah Anglim at 10 Mar 2014
Guide Gatwick Airport
Gatwick might only be the second biggest airport in London, but that means it’s also the second busiest in the whole of the UK.
In fact, it’s home to the world’s busiest single-use runway, with last year seeing up to 53 take-offs and landings per hour to and from the likes of America, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and all the major European destinations.
While that might…
By Sarah Anglim at 1 Jul 2013