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Second airports are often badly connected with the cities they serve. Rome Ciampino is much more difficult to reach by public transport than Fiumicino airport, which has an express rail link to the centre of the Italian capital as well as local train services. Istanbul’s shiny new airport has a rapid Metro connection into Turkey’s largest city – unlike tough-to-reach Sabiha Gokcen airport on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. One rare exception: Gatwick, which was deliberately built beside the main London-Brighton railway line and offers far better links than Heathrow.
