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tim..... · July 14th 13, 08:52 AM posted to uk.transport.london

"Denis McMahon" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 May 2013 17:41:11 +0200, tim...... wrote:

"Recliner" wrote in message
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Neil Williams wrote:
Recliner wrote:

Exactly. Heathrow is oversubscribed, while Stansted struggles for
business.
The customers want more capacity at Heathrow area, not east or
northeast of London.

No, they want extra capacity at the main London airport (with lots of
airlines and passengers) which happens to be Heathrow. If Heathrow
closed,
it wouldn't be any more.

It's a self fulfilling prophecy, not an overriding desire to visit
Slough on holiday.

Businesses (including company head offices, caterers, hotels, air
freight companies, airline offices, people who need to travel a lot,
etc) have located around Heathrow, and they want the main London hub to
remain in the area.

This is a tiny percentage of the total demand for air travel.

There are just as many businesses at other locations around the country
who would quite happily have the airport somewhere else.

I don't think that we should be lead by (random) Company X saying "we
must have the main airport 10 minutes away". That's a silly way to make
a decision

I think you're underestimating the number of off-airport business that
exist solely to service demand created by the airport. If you move the
airport, then their work is gone, so their employees livelihoods is gone.

No it's not it all moves to the new airport

I accept that whether the new location can support this requirement (and
whether staff relocation is reasonable) is a consideration when deciding
whether to move, but the suggestion that these jobs will disagree is just
plain silly

tim