Airport Trouble

Low-cost carriers, much as the name suggests like to keep costs down and one good way of doing so, is by using airports with cheap landing spots.
Now it’s probably no big secret that London’s Heathrow doesn’t rank among those. Instead it is the far more salubrious establishments dotted around the European countryside that provide airlines such offerings, in many cases in the form of re-opened old military airports.
Not a bad idea really, a bit of recycling is always good and small airports can be quite cozy.

The main problem with them is not their service offerings, but their proximity, or lack of, to the city they are supposed to be close to, both in distance and more importantly availability of public transportation.

When flying to Duesseldorf for instance, I like to be near Duesseldorf and not abandoned, somewhere in the German countryside, with one hourly bus as the only public transportation on offer.

Believe me, I have been there and spent 4 hours, a bus and two trains rides getting to my final destination.
Now some might argue my extended onward journey was my own making, and to a certain extent I agree, but I also think there should be some regulation about disclosure of available transport and distance to the nearest point of civilization. When I book a flight I like to think I am being taken somewhere that a) is close to the city imprinted on my ticket, and b) has at least some form of developed public transportation. One hourly bus does not meet these criteria.
It was with interest therefore that I read in the Wall Street Journal in a story about low-cost airlines and the smaller airports they use, that “Ryanair and Wizz have partnered with Activity Breaks Ltd to provide hotel and vacation packages for the less traveled sites closer to the airports.”
Nice, the airlines have at least spotted there is a little countryside between the arrivals hall and most people’s final destination and who knows, one day I might even seek their help in exploring it, but right now, I am more interested in getting from A to B within a somewhat acceptable timeframe and not by zigzagging halfway across the countryside.
So in fairness to all travelers, could airlines please provide at least some realistic indication as to how far they are going to drop you from civilization.