Originally Posted by
flyingcrazy
Was thinking today that maybe all the delays in announcing T5D and T5E could because both T5E and T5D will be at NHT? (just joking)
Anyhow worked out today that there are over 74 flights a day from LHR to airports in the UK if you add the Irish Republic to that list it will probably reach 100. If you then add the Netherlands, Belgium, Paris etc it would exceed 150.
Just think 150 take off slots freed up could be a huge lift off LHR's shoulders and could be used for all sorts of new flights to the emerging markets.
It could. But then you have all your domestic passengers arriving in Northolt. There are no good transport links to the rest of London. It will be a horrific transfer to LHR for onward connections. What on earth would the point be of flying to Northolt if you were a domestic passenger? It would be a really good way of pushing all the regional thru traffic onto other airlines and the O&D traffic to LGW, STN and LTN. Perhaps that's the point - keep LHR for Londoners? But even they need to travel domestically sometimes
