"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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01:35:13 on Thu, 15 Jan 2009, remarked:
Especially given that passenger numbers at heathrow are dropping
according to this report. The whole thing stinks.
We are in a "bust", so of course short-term passenger numbers are likely
to fall. The new runway is (one possible) solution for the capacity
required in the next "boom". If there's not going to be another "boom", we
don't need a lot of things, including Crossrail.
But it is quite possible that by the time the next boom comes along, the
attitude to companies for international travel has changed.
It is business travellers that "demand" the benefits of a Heathrow hub. I
would suggest that tourist travellers would much prefer point to point from
their local airport, even if the cost of that is "one flight per week".
tim