In the UK, we've become used to the aviation sector being completely dominated by the major London airports. The big two airports are to be found at Heathrow and Gatwick, although recent years have seen increasing passenger numbers at Stansted too. Such is the popularity of these airports that they're not just known by people in the UK, but also by the many tourists who use them each year.
Despite this, it's obvious that many people in the UK don't really like using the major airports. One reason for this is that they are often quite hard to get to for those living in other areas of the country. London may be the very centre of the road network, for instance, but it suffers heavily from traffic jams. This can partly be explained by the fact that this is essentially a small island with an enormous number of people living on it.
Although we're often used to being in crowded places, this doesn't mean that we all like such conditions. Unfortunately, such crowds are often found in the hectic world of London's airports. As a result, we can soon see why it is that so many people are choosing to fly from more local airports.
It's often obvious that regional airports will be easier to get to and that the travel experience is often much nicer once you get there. As people opt to travel using these airports, they soon realise that they can actually spend much less time travelling than they once had to. The end result is that flying from a local airport can often help to take much of the strain out of the whole experience of flying.
