Really bad news from LGW, however this may be good for airlines like EI who offer great connections via DUB to LAX ,SFO, ORD, JFK, MCO, IAD and BOS at competitive prices!

BA inflight service is certainly among the best and from what Ive heard about food, lounges etc they appear to be a great airline. Ive only flown a short DUB-LGW-DUB with them.

LGW seems to be somwhat efficent but LHR is a complete nightmare for BA ops.

BA,BD,FR,KL,LH,AZ,EI in fact most airlines have no inflight entertainment in shorter routes.

If you give me dates Ill see if I can arrange a few hours free and would be happy to chafuer you around to a good spotting area for a few hours if you like.

Failing that to get to the decent spotting positions it would be ideal to have a car, its a long walk espeically if the weather isnt great.

Spotting from the terminal is possible airside but isnt great. Landside spotting inside the terminal is awful.

I dont know people who do it! Im just saying if I or any other staff member really wanted to get a knife airside it wouldnt be to much of a problem!

As someone who works in a busy airport I can tell you that I could easily get knifes and other weapons onto a plane easily!

Norwegian Air Shuttle may be the cheapest- http://www.norwegian.no

But also have a look at the flag carriers like SK,LH etc as they can offer some good fares if your dates are flexible but they may require a stop in CPH or FRA.