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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

is apparently too busy for it's own good. the lack of capacity for extra flights now has a lot of airlines thinking of ditching the airport.

so, should we suck it up and consider whacking in another runway and prevent the hole the threatened airline action would leave in our economy?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

BA have just bought the loss making BMI from Lufthansa. Not because they think they can turn it around but solely for BMI's slots.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"is apparently too busy for it's own good. the lack of capacity for extra flights now has a lot of airlines thinking of ditching the airport.

so, should we suck it up and consider whacking in another runway and prevent the hole the threatened airline action would leave in our economy?"

There's a few proposals..A third Runway at Heathrow. Boris Island in the Thames Estuary or Richard Roger's plan for the Isle of Grain (which is about 6 miles from our house) All three of them are going to attract vociferous opposition down here and will lead to widespread protests in the areas concerned.

Just a thought,Why not get the trains to run properly and quickly(and with fares at a comparable level to planes) and then stop all internal flights in the UK? Do that many people really need to fly from London to Glasgow or Edinburgh?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


" Do that many people really need to fly from London to Glasgow or Edinburgh?

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A lot of the domestic flights are used for interlining as opposed to point to point travel.

Heathrow is also one of the worlds busiest INTERNATIONAL airports - reducing or barring domestic travel from there would not reduce passenger numbers sufficiently to prevent expansion being necessary.

BA has moved it's business model out of the regions to a hub and spoke operation, with Heathrow and Gatwick being the only UK hubs.

The use of code sharing agreements and the growth in airline alliances also means that they will interline passengers for their alliance partners as well as their own flights.

It is no different to what KLM-Air France do with Amsterdam and CDG or what Lufthansa do with Frankfurt.

However, those airports have existing space to cope with the expansion.

Heathrows main problem is that it is now surrounded by the sprawl of London and has physical boundaries in place.

Gatwick is a non-starter for development due to location and the local environmental lobby.

There is no easy choice to make - but one government is, at some point, going to have to make one very contraversial, unpopular and uncomfortable decision.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not the airport at fault with delays we just got back from denmark one and a half hr flight then took us 3 and a half hrs to drive the 70 miles round the m25 and m1 ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrr

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

The third runway at Heathrow is the way to go, the potential costs of the estuary proposals are frightening....

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By *onnoisseur100Man
over a year ago

Woking-ish


"The third runway at Heathrow is the way to go, the potential costs of the estuary proposals are frightening...."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"is apparently too busy for it's own good. the lack of capacity for extra flights now has a lot of airlines thinking of ditching the airport.

so, should we suck it up and consider whacking in another runway and prevent the hole the threatened airline action would leave in our economy?"

Why not demolish Staines completely and tarmac the whole place for an extra 20 runways. Get rid of Gatport Airwick too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"is apparently too busy for it's own good. the lack of capacity for extra flights now has a lot of airlines thinking of ditching the airport.

so, should we suck it up and consider whacking in another runway and prevent the hole the threatened airline action would leave in our economy?

Why not demolish Staines completely and tarmac the whole place for an extra 20 runways. Get rid of Gatport Airwick too. "

Windsor Castle would make a wonderful option for Terminal 6

The Americans would be instantly enchanted !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think they should build the new airport in the midlands. good road links,centre of the country and a high speed rail link on the way

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I think they should build the new airport in the midlands. good road links,centre of the country and a high speed rail link on the way"

Good idea! Get rid of Coventry at the same time too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's lots of free space in the country, chop down trees and cover some of the green areas

Now where's the tongue in cheek smily when u want it

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over a year ago


"There's lots of free space in the country, chop down trees and cover some of the green areas

Now where's the tongue in cheek smily when u want it "

The added benefit of which is that the tree huggers will have nothing to hug and will have to go get a job and start contributing to the treasury like the rest of us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There's lots of free space in the country, chop down trees and cover some of the green areas

Now where's the tongue in cheek smily when u want it

The added benefit of which is that the tree huggers will have nothing to hug and will have to go get a job and start contributing to the treasury like the rest of us. "

but what will we do with all the old converted ambulances ?

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By *onnoisseur100Man
over a year ago

Woking-ish


"There's lots of free space in the country, chop down trees and cover some of the green areas

Now where's the tongue in cheek smily when u want it

The added benefit of which is that the tree huggers will have nothing to hug and will have to go get a job and start contributing to the treasury like the rest of us.

but what will we do with all the old converted ambulances ?"

Shout WITCH! And burn them!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"There's lots of free space in the country, chop down trees and cover some of the green areas

Now where's the tongue in cheek smily when u want it

The added benefit of which is that the tree huggers will have nothing to hug and will have to go get a job and start contributing to the treasury like the rest of us.

but what will we do with all the old converted ambulances ?"

Turn them into carnival floats and sell them at Notting Hill for a quick turnaround.

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By *exywheelsCouple
over a year ago

inverness


"is apparently too busy for it's own good. the lack of capacity for extra flights now has a lot of airlines thinking of ditching the airport.

so, should we suck it up and consider whacking in another runway and prevent the hole the threatened airline action would leave in our economy?

There's a few proposals..A third Runway at Heathrow. Boris Island in the Thames Estuary or Richard Roger's plan for the Isle of Grain (which is about 6 miles from our house) All three of them are going to attract vociferous opposition down here and will lead to widespread protests in the areas concerned.

Just a thought,Why not get the trains to run properly and quickly(and with fares at a comparable level to planes) and then stop all internal flights in the UK? Do that many people really need to fly from London to Glasgow or Edinburgh?

"

No Need for internal flights in the uk??? How about pepole as far north as us? do you realy think someone would build a high speed line up to us? who would pay for it? and it would still be over 8hours to get south compared to just over an hour on a plane. or how about pepole who live on the islands i.e lewis,bara, the uists, orkney or the shetland islands. for them the air link is a lifeline. a lot of the pax are pepole traverling to hospital etc. blood and drugs travel most days and all the mail is flown along with the daily papers are you going to build a line to them???

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