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Heathrow Expansion Bombshell
On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:21:38 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote: On Wed, 08 May 2013 11:42:08 +0100 Recliner wrote: On Wed, 8 May 2013 10:36:00 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: A "hub" is of little benefit to anyone other than the airport itself since by definition most of the passengers and freight will simply be passing through. Any tired old economic growth arguments put forward in support are specious and are purely self interest. There are enough runways in the SE. We don't need anymore just to bolster the share price of Ferrovia or get Boris a seat on the board of a construction company when he finally gets bored of playing at being Major. Sigh Hub airports allow many more secondary destinations to be served directly than would be viable otherwise, thus benefiting local businesses and citizens. For example, I'd like to be able to fly directly to cities like Santiago without having to change, as is currently required. This has been discussed here at length in the past. Err , the point of a hub airport is that you DO change planes. You seem to be conflating hub with simply a larger airport. As an aside I don't give a rats backside about you being able to fly 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?). |
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Heathrow Expansion Bombshell
On Wed, 08 May 2013 13:13:24 +0100
Recliner wrote: On Wed, 8 May 2013 11:21:38 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: 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. -- Spud |
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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. |
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Heathrow Expansion Bombshell
On Wed, 08 May 2013 08:38:45 -0500
Recliner wrote: Roland Perry wrote: 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. And when those 4 fill up then what? 6? 8? Where do you stop? When half of Berkshire is paved over and millions of peoples lives are blighted by aircraft noise and pollution just so you can save a few hours getting to some non essential destination - which ironically is probably for rest and relaxation purposes? -- Spud |
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Heathrow Expansion Bombshell
On Wed, 8 May 2013 13:50:00 +0100
Roland Perry wrote: In message , at 12:39:33 on Wed, 8 May 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). So what? Tough. -- Spud |
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