City-centre airport terminals – why are they not more popular?
by Simon Calder
May 14, 2024
2 minutes
“Check in as you check out” – that is the idea of city-centre air terminals. Central London guests at the Paddington Hilton or Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria could step almost from their room to actual airline check-in desks, drop their bags, pick up their boarding passes and relax.
From Paddington, they would be bound for airport, just 15 minutes away, on the Heathrow Express. From the Grosvenor (which), the half-hour Express was waiting: the world’s first dedicated airport express train, which this week celebrates its 40th birthday.
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