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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Your favourite UK airports and terminals revealed

Happy landings: a Loganair plane at Sumburgh airport in Shetland, where everything seems to work - (Simon Calder)

Places in which you don’t want to spend a moment longer than necessary: hospitals, prisons and airports.

I cannot comment on the first two, beyond offering sympathy to anyone who has to spend time in either, in any capacity. But airports are different. While they may be inherently stressful hubs – in a way that railway stations are generally not – at least airports hold out the prospect of a better existence in just a few hours’ time.

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