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Old May 6th 13, 11:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Ken Wheatley Ken Wheatley is offline
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Default Heathrow Expansion Bombshell

On 2013-05-06 22:08:16 +0000, Neil Williams said:

Recliner wrote:

Why is this dramatic news? There have been many recent discussions
here and elsewhere about how Heathrow might be expanded, given the
need for a larger London hub airport and the extreme doubts about an
all-new hub airport out in the Thames estuary.


It'll also be BAA posturing given that to me the most sensible option
(expanding Stansted and closing Heathrow or at least relegating it to a
smaller operation, perhaps involving low-costs) will not exactly help their
business.

Neil


I'd be interested to hear how you consider that expanding Stansted is
the best option, given that several inquiries over several decades have
failed to come to that conclusion, and that Stansted itself is now
attracting only 80% of the business it did just a few years back..