Forget Boris Island... Go west!
Jan 21, 2013, 7:18 pm
#1
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Forget Boris Island... Go west!
Jan 21, 2013, 7:41 pm
#2
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Wow. Initial reaction is west London folks will make sure this stalls for about 30 years. Thanks for posting, need to print out / save to iPad for further digestion though.
Jan 21, 2013, 11:08 pm
#3
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I think I'm losing the will to watch the endless discussions about UK airport capacity.
Just pick somewhere, anywhere - even NQY would do
- and get on and actually build more capacity somewhere south of, say, LTN*.
We can work the rest out later
* in fact, sod it, flatten the existing LTN and build a proper international airport right there, that would be OK as well, I suppose.
Just pick somewhere, anywhere - even NQY would do
- and get on and actually build more capacity somewhere south of, say, LTN*. We can work the rest out later
* in fact, sod it, flatten the existing LTN and build a proper international airport right there, that would be OK as well, I suppose.
Jan 22, 2013, 12:39 am
#4
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Location: Salisbury Plain
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We've got plenty of capacity: LHR, LGW, LTN, STN, etc what we lack is a swept up FAST and efficient ground infrastructure linking them.
C'mon, LHR to LGW: battle through immigration, bags etc, find the bus, spend an hour (at least) on the bus around the M25 and get to LGW and start the chech-in process.
How about, for a fraction of the cost and upheaval of building new airports / expanding airports, put in a super-quick rail link (perhaps, even 'air-side') between LHR's 7 terminals (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, N and S)?
Yes, I know that there will be complications, but 'technically' this could be workable!
I'll get my coat...
C'mon, LHR to LGW: battle through immigration, bags etc, find the bus, spend an hour (at least) on the bus around the M25 and get to LGW and start the chech-in process.
How about, for a fraction of the cost and upheaval of building new airports / expanding airports, put in a super-quick rail link (perhaps, even 'air-side') between LHR's 7 terminals (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, N and S)?
Yes, I know that there will be complications, but 'technically' this could be workable!
I'll get my coat...
Jan 22, 2013, 1:00 am
#5
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Boris Island is in the wrong place. Too much fog and birds(and I'm not saying this from an enviro perspective, just a safety perspective). The best place would be a massive Dubai-style airport somewhere on the HS2 line between London and Birmingham. There are a few areas of outstanding natural beauty there, but once we go north of say, Stokenchurch on the M40, that shouldn't be an issue.
Jan 22, 2013, 1:25 am
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Since the Policy Exchange report has previously attracted comment from FTers in the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/u-k-i...-heathrow.html thread, we'll close this thread and invite further discussion to run in the UK and Ireland forum.
Thanks for your understanding
Prospero
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Thanks for your understanding
Prospero
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