Originally Posted by
jakesterUK
I can't help thinking that Dubai (and Hong Kong and a few others) have all had the right idea in building their newer airports in new locations. Sure, the environmental impact needs to be detremined and analysed, but if the answer is that we need another runway, but perhaps Heathrow is not the place to put it?
In the 2003 Government White Paper, they said that they'd only go down that road after all other options had been exhausted. Still, another runaway at Heathrow is hardly a long term solution.
I beleive the last resort 'mega-airport' would be built on the Thames Estuary. Aircraft approaches wouldn't be over the middle of london, there would be plenty of space to expand. It hasn't been meantioned in the press recently since Heathrow's being getting a lot of the attention.