<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
And by the time the expansion is finished the 747-400 will be old and retired as well 
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That's what is so ludicrous about all this. Everyone is celebrating new runways - but they are all nearly a decade away.
I bet they had an easier time agreeing expansion to CDG and AMS.
Oh well at least they've started the taxiways at EDI - that should give us a bit of respite until 2020!