A NUMBER of years ago you kindly published a letter from myself bemoaning the state of Bournemouth Airport as the ‘Portakabin of holiday misery’ – with an unlimited number of schemes to induce anger, frustration and general despair amongst its victims (customers).

I would now like the opportunity to repent my words and extol the delights of Bournemouth International Airport.

As a regular traveller I am more than qualified in the eye-poppingly painful experience of most UK airports and as such my wife and myself decided that our family holiday would be flying from a local airport to... wherever they fly to.

No long drive, no airport parking, no transfers etc.

Well, goodness me, citizens of Dorset, I can only advise you to admonish thoughts of using alternative options.

Hurn Airport (a rose by any other name, is still a rose) was clean, efficient, friendly and fast.

I might even say it was a joy (and I hate airports).

Well done to whoever has done this, although it will make using other UK airports an increased misery in comparison.

PAUL HAMPTON

Tuckton Road, Southbourne