amogles wrote:

On Oct 9, 1:18*am, "Richard J." wrote:

How exactly does a rail link between LHR and LGW increase *air*
capacity? *The problem at Heathrow is said to be that the runways are
98% fully used. *Gatwick is already the world's busiest single-runway
airport. *So how is this capacity increase achieved?
--
Richard J.

I guess it would allow some of the duplication of flights between the
two airports to be reduced.


Do you really think that there are a lot of half-empty planes arriving
and departing at Heathrow and Gatwick because they are two separate
airports? If so, you must have a very strange view of how commercial
airlines operate.