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

[daveon.livejournal.com]

They check ID with boarding passes, and they do a secondary security check on boarding for US flights too. But that's more due to the cost the airlines incur if a person is refused entry to the US. They want to make sure that they're not letting anybody through.

Frankfurt is worse, there are multiple security checks including a complete gate check too.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

As is Amsterdam. All the non-EU international gates have full security checks.