Four Shopping Malls Attached to Some Runways

[kevin_standlee]

According to Successful Meetings, something called the Wall St. Cheat Sheet has issued its list of the 10 Worst Airports in the World. Coming in an #6 is London Heathrow, described as "four shopping malls that have been smashed together." The description is slightly harsher than it should be, though; you do go through security before being herded into the central shopping waiting area.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I wouldn't place too much stock in that list. It seems to have been based mostly on what other travel writers have written. Chicago Midway -- the airport I use most often, so I'm familiar with it -- got ranked 2nd-worst because of its poor record for on-time departures, which is more a function of the weather than the airport operations. In fact, Wall St. Cheat Sheet's full description of Midway says:

Chicago’s Midway International Airport is ranked as the nation’s worst for on-time departures. “It isn’t a bad place to hang out, with a new food court and a frequent subway connection to downtown Chicago, but any airport is the worst airport if you’re stuck there and you aren’t getting on a plane,” Frommer’s writes.

That doesn't sound to me like a description of the second-worst airport in the world.

It's probably worth noting also that the Wall St. Cheat Sheet appears to be mostly a "listicle" site rather than a serious business site. The top "must-read feature" currently on the home page of their web site is "Recipes: 6 Flavored Milks and the 6 Cookies Perfect for Dunking."

--J. Kreitzer

[(Anonymous)]

They also described N'Djamena International Airport as being located in "the tiny Republic of Chad." Chad isn't tiny. It's twice as large as France.

--J. Kreitzer