London Gatwick Airport

London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) is the second airport by size and passenger traffic in the British capital. It is located 43 kilometers to the South of Greater London. Basically, it is served by low-cost airlines, as well as part of flights of British Airways. Arriving and Departing in LGW Public Transit from LGW Gatwick Airport has good public transport connection with London. Passengers can use one out of three types of trains: Gatwick Express, Southern Railway, and First Capital Connect. Gatwick Express does not operate at night, while Southern Railway and First Capital Connect have the night trains running approximately every hour. The cheapest option is First Capital Connect, but the fastest is Gatwick Express. All trains depart from…

British Airways PLC, a British air-transport company, is branded as one of the largest airline in the world carrying approximately 36 million passengers a year. Its headquarters are established near Heathrow Airport in London. In 1935, small UK air transport companies arose together to form British Airways. Later, the British Government joined British Airways with its competing airline firm, Imperial Airways to form British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). British European Airways (BEA), a…

accommodations and value deals from destinations, ‘Transport’ proving car rental offers and airport transports. As a low cost airline, the main routes Easy Jet provided are launched and arrived at long distance airports. Consequently, a ‘Transport’ section introducing airport transfer or airport parking in navigation is necessary for Easy Jet. In contrast, other airlines placed airport transports in the information section. ‘Holiday’ section offers deals classified by departure cities. The…

Last December record amounts of snow and cold temperatures hit the U.S. and most part of Europe, which led to chaos in the whole travel industry (Jainchill, 2011). Many flights all over the world were cancelled and some of the airports were shut due to the adverse weather conditions. Moreover, even train or bus services, namely in United Kingdom, were not fully operational due to the same reasons. Such things like terrorist attacks or natural disasters always have big influence on travel…

from strategic planning. This presents the organizations with a dilemma on whether to do strategic planning internally or to hire an outside consultant to guide the organization through the in-house initiatives of planning. As such, organizations implement the balanced scorecard, BSC to drive performance thereby transforming the strategic objectives into a set of performance measures. Companies are widely applying the BSCs as tools for strategic planning as well as quality management systems.…

This campaign illustrates the problems British Airways and Virgin Atlantic faced in the trade-offs between environmental, social and economic criteria. With over 180 million passengers using UK airports in 2000, government forecasts were predicting a doubling of demand in the next twenty years. (BBC,2002) This meant that many coalitions of interest groups were captivated as this campaign represented a major new move in the country. The coalition, therefore, wanted to avert a crisis in capacity…

A380-A business disaster in aviation world As the world 's largest passenger aircraft, Airbus A380 is considered the pinnacle of large passenger aircraft. This double-deck, four-engine jumbo jet boasts a host of luxurious amenities: suites, bar, gym, and showers. As Tesla in the consumer caused by the desire, many people also want to try the A380 this air giant. Airbus Chief Financial Officer Harald Wihelm said in London that the Airbus A380 is expected to maintain its break-even balance in…

Tucked away in the suburbs of the hectic, bustling city of London lies a hotel that truly surprised me in all of the right ways. Even before arriving at the Best Western Palm Hotel I have to say I was skeptical. When booking the location for the first half of my European vacation, I never imagined that a Best Western would even be an option. While the brand is well known and even respected as a budget hotel dotted all over this country, I wasn’t even aware that they had roots overseas. I was…

lower class in the cities of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. Stead, W.T. 2007. “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon.” In The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, edited by Antony E. Simpson, 100-150. Lambertville: The True Bill Press. W.T. Stead was an editor of the Pall Mall Gazette when he published a series of accounts from his investigations into child prostitution in London in 1885. Though he could be seen as biased and controversial at times, his work has been…

Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…