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Recliner[_2_] · May 8th 13, 01:38 PM posted to uk.transport.london

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:39:33 on Wed, 8 May
2013, d remarked:
directly somewhere. I wouldn't expect railway lines or motorways to be built
direct from London to every small town and city in europe so I'm not sure why
you should expect to always be able to fly direct to anywhere you suddenly
decide to go. If changing is a problem - don't go.

It appears that you don't fly internationally (or at all?).

I fly occasionally so I'm not some hair shirt wearing hippy who thinks we
should all go back to travelling by horse. But I also don't see it as my god
given right to be able to fly where I want when I want. And there is a balance
between nuisance + enviromental damage and convenience to passengers and its
already swung too far over to the latter.

Despite the best efforts of Ryanair and Easyjet, there are still many
city pairs in Europe (let alone further afield) which do not have direct
flights, and therefore involve a change (or a substantial domestic land-based leg).

Given that many people choose to change planes somewhere, the best places
quickly tun into "hubs", irrespective of whether they are Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris etc.

Indeed, and while Heathrow is the busiest of the three, it has to squeeze
the traffic on to just two runways, while the latter two have four each. It
needs four, too.