Originally Posted by
skye1
If not THE world's busy-est, certainly in a top 5, top 10 list.
As a slight aside, I've always found the claim of LHR to be the world's busiest "international" airport to be a bit grasping for fame.
The UK is a small country and thus a disproportionately large number of flights are "international" whereas one can fly for several hours from ATL (or PEK or DME or YVR for that matter) and still be domestic.
It's a bit like Singapore Airlines claiming to serve the highest number of "international" passengers.
Originally Posted by
skye1
Either way, indeed, a sad development for the business traveller, for whom time is money, who is likely weary of the aerial tour of London that greets every arriving aircraft here, or the "now that you've all boarded the plane, we're going to have to sit here at the gate for an hour whilst waiting for traffic to clear"....
Yes, after taking a few laps over Surrey yesterday evening, I am eagerly awaiting the latest holding plans that the CAA has in store for me.
