Helicopter to the Olympics

Biggin Hill Airport has come up with the best scheme so far for VIP's travel to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for London 2012.  Helicopter in to a temporary licensed heliport, operated by the airport, just by Ebbsfleet railway station in North Kent and take the Javelin train to Strafford International.  The rail journey time is 10 minutes. 

The alternative is to take a chance by road, or use other forms of public transport.  Typical journey time from London City Airport by the extended DLR will be 25 minutes.  From St Pancras station, the terminus for Javelin (which starts at Dover), the trip is shorter, just seven minutes.  Access to St Pancras by road is likely to be congested.

“By using the Ebbsfleet heliport link, business aviation customers arriving at Biggin Hill will be able to access the Olympic Park in the fastest possible time and under the most convenient arrangements,” says Robert Walters, Business Development Manager for the airport.

“An additional benefit will be that passengers on this routing are not subject to the usual constraints of other forms of transport,” he says. www.bigginhillairport.com

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