Blogs from Stansted Airport, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Emirates Lounge in Brisbane Airport is right at the end of the terminal, opposite the gate, so we sat in there until we boarded (directly from the lounge) at 2am. The aircraft was a 777-300ER, with a seat configuration of the 2 seats beside the window. The first flight to SIN was very calm and night time. The seats were very hard though and didn’t go completely flat so we didn’t sleep that well. Meals were Light Bites and I had pan fried chicken gyoza and Shelley had a wagyu beef pie. For breakfast, we both had cheese and chive omelette. We were half an hour late into SIN and had an hour and a half refuelling stop so we walked around the shops. We re-boarded the same plane and had the same seats for ... read more

Drove to Stansted Long Stay Car Park. Pre-booked ticket didn’t work. The car park people said via intercom that they couldn’t download details for our paid-up information. She said when we leave, we should go to the cashier and show them our paid-up voucher, so that we can exit without paying. We were very early before AA check-in opens. We had special all day breakst at Ponti’s. We tried the baggage weighing machine, paid 50p to weigh our larger luggage, 18,6kg. Relieve, when I paid for 20kg. Scheduled check-in should open at 1425. We found out check-in area at about 1435. Went there at discovered almost everybody had queued up. Difficult to find the baggage drop counter but eventually found it. Alboust 15 people already in the queue, and after about 10 minutes, about another 20 ... read more

Ahhh people in the room kept coming in one at 1am one at 2am and 2 at 3am. HOw in the hell are these people getting around this time at night. I guess they could be driving but it sucks for ppl in the room for sure. Woke up and this dark guy beside me asks what time is it!!! Shit do u have any soap he says to me. AHhh sure here i let him use the bottle of soap i had. He runs off and says ill be as quick as I can but I wasnt worried my flight wasnt untill 930 I had a whole day to blow. I started packing trying to minimize weight for my discount Ryan air flight. I carry around a hell of a lot of paper I realize. ... read more

Everything has a beginning, and for my trip to Copenhagen, the beginning takes place in Stansted Airport. This is my first trip out of the UK ever since I arrived at UK at the end of July. (I'm working in Slough for 18 months from August 2007.) I chose Copenhagen as my first "out-of-UK" trip because my cousin was having student exchange there and I wanted to visit him. Being budget-conscious, my friends and I decided to take a budget flight from London to Copenhagen. Out of the numerous airports in South East England, Heathrow is the nearest to my home, but unfortunately there's no budget carriers operating from Heathrow. So we chose a Easyjet flight from Stansted to Copenhagen. To maximise our time in Copenhagen, we decided to take an early flight (departing Stansted at ... read more

It feels a kind of relief, yet at the same time a certain bore, to be among native English speakers again. It has been over two months. I am on the Ryanair flight from Venice that is readying to pull into the gate at Stansted Airport. Though I was one of the last people to board the plane, I got a seat in the second row. I grab my bag from the overhead luggage bin and ready myself, brow scrunched, eyes focused, body wound up like an Olympic sprinter. As originally scheduled, I would have 30 minutes to get from tarmac to train. But the plane was 20 minutes late taking off. I think 10 minutes is an impossible amount of time to de-plane, get through passport control, pick up my train ticket and find the ... read more