If you happen to find yourself in the Oxford area and in a hurry to get to London you might just think it would we worth catching a plane. Oxford is apparently 60 miles from London and in a lot of places in the world a hop like that would be worth catching a plane.
Incidentally I remember hearing that up in Scotland you can catch a plane from one Island to another where the plane barely gets in the air before it starts preparing to land on the next Island.
So there we are in Oxford wanting to fly to London so we go to the ticket desk and ask for a flight and the result is?…..
The ticket clerk tells you that you have arrived. Yes you are at Oxford airport. Yes Oxford airport is sixty miles away from London but they have recently renamed it to London-Oxford airport. Can you believe the audacity of the people who came up with this idea?
Are they stupid to think they can get away with this or are we so stupid that the idea of getting people to fly to Oxford when they want to get to London, might actually work.
I guess they are only pushing the boundaries back a bit. After all we have stansted airport as an official London airport and that is about 34 miles from London which is a fair distance but sixty miles seems a lot to me. I guess the parking might be cheaper at Oxford since parking at stansted airport is expensive.
Maybe the best solution is to park at Oxford airport and hitch a ride to London. I remember they had a very good park and ride scheme when I was last there a few years ago. Maybe they will do one to central London.
I can see a trend starting to develop here and it is only a matter of time before we hear that Liverpool airport has been renamed Sydney-Liverpool airport. After all, it’s only a 24 hour flight away and that is almost next door.
Oxford is a local airport for Oxford. They should be proud of that. Oxford is a fascinating city well worth visiting for what it offers. They don’t need to pretend they are part of London. Many would say that they are better than London anyway so why do it? No doubt it all comes down to money and profits. The money-men are once again doing what they do best and destroying something good. A local airport for the benefit of local people and the local city.
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