Leaving on a jet plane? The Government wants you to travel to your airport by public transport. Last month, aviation minister Robert Goodwill said he was in favour of more airports levying “drop-off” fees to dissuade passengers from getting lifts to the airport. This month, the Transport Secretary, Patrick McLoughlin, said he was expecting Heathrow and Gatwick “to put forward ambitious solutions” on public transport to mitigate the impact of any future runway.

But the first-ever survey of public transport links to the UK's leading airports shows a wide variation in the three metrics that passengers want to be as low as they can possibly be – that's the fare, journey time, and waiting time.

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