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Old February 29th 20, 07:44 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Heathrow expansion plans "illegal"

In message , at 07:46:30 on Sat, 29 Feb
2020, tim... remarked:

It therefore cannot possibly be argued that this increased
opportunity for air travel is necessary for the overall good of the
UK economy (except in the trivial amount that air side purchases
form of the economy)

You still banging on about that? The economic benefits of
passengers (and cargo) in transit go *way* beyond people buying a
cup of coffee.

really

show your working,

cos I don't believe it


Every passenger in transit uses up two seats, and all the supporting
logistics for two seats. Not just at the airport, but all the service
industries whose customers are Heathrow based.

And it's not just a handful of seats on the planes, 35% of passengers
are doing transit.


but it's still a tiny amount of effect on total UK economy


A few billion here and there, adds up.

Also not just all that extra money being spent locally to facilitate
their flights, but in many cases there very presence is what support
the number of destinations served, and in some cases the number of
days a week those flights operate.


but that not, of itself, an improvement for the UK Economy.


If business people have to extend their trips because destinations are
only served 3 days a week, that has an effect upon their ability to
efficiently manage "UK plc".

In other news, a statistics from the news this week: 40% of all our
exports (to countries outside the EU - they sometimes forget to make
that qualification) go out of Heathrow. That's by value rather than
volume, of course.


but freight doesn't *need* to go from LHR.


It could go from somewhere else at greater cost (not last because of
being indirect having lost the benefit of agglomeration), agreed.

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Roland Perry