The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for LHR R3. Of course, HAL isn't
going to be in any hurry to build it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55322340

In message , at 10:02:50 on Wed, 16 Dec
2020, Recliner remarked:
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for LHR R3. Of course, HAL isn't
going to be in any hurry to build it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55322340

Actually, it's given the go-ahead for HAL to make a planning application
(which could still fail). According to the lunchtime news they've
largely disbanded the team working on that, so it could take a while.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:02:50 on Wed, 16 Dec
2020, Recliner remarked:
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for LHR R3. Of course, HAL isn't
going to be in any hurry to build it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55322340

Actually, it's given the go-ahead for HAL to make a planning application
(which could still fail). According to the lunchtime news they've
largely disbanded the team working on that, so it could take a while.

Oh, I don't think HAL will be in any hurry to pursue this opportunity. It
currently has much more pressing concerns. It's much more likely to
prioritise the re-development of the central terminals, given the current
low demand. With T3 temporarily closed, there may be an opportunity to
close a wing of it permanently, and accelerate the expansion of T2.

Recliner wrote:

Oh, I don't think HAL will be in any hurry to pursue this opportunity. It
currently has much more pressing concerns. It's much more likely to
prioritise the re-development of the central terminals, given the current
low demand. With T3 temporarily closed, there may be an opportunity to
close a wing of it permanently, and accelerate the expansion of T2.

This is so true. The costs and impact of trying to change a tyre whilst moving
vs. being able to take a more optimun approach must be significant. The question
will be how to finance this when revenues are down from landing fees and retail
sales.

Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
Recliner wrote:

Oh, I don't think HAL will be in any hurry to pursue this opportunity. It
currently has much more pressing concerns. It's much more likely to
prioritise the re-development of the central terminals, given the current
low demand. With T3 temporarily closed, there may be an opportunity to
close a wing of it permanently, and accelerate the expansion of T2.

This is so true. The costs and impact of trying to change a tyre whilst moving
vs. being able to take a more optimun approach must be significant. The question
will be how to finance this when revenues are down from landing fees and retail
sales.


They want to be able to raise their fees to fund the investment, in the way
that other regulated utilities do. Needless to say, HAL's biggest customer,
IAG, which already has plenty of slots, is furious at the idea.

"Recliner" wrote in message
...
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
Recliner wrote:

Oh, I don't think HAL will be in any hurry to pursue this opportunity.
It
currently has much more pressing concerns. It's much more likely to
prioritise the re-development of the central terminals, given the
current
low demand. With T3 temporarily closed, there may be an opportunity to
close a wing of it permanently, and accelerate the expansion of T2.

This is so true. The costs and impact of trying to change a tyre whilst
moving
vs. being able to take a more optimun approach must be significant. The
question
will be how to finance this when revenues are down from landing fees and
retail
sales.


They want to be able to raise their fees to fund the investment, in the
way
that other regulated utilities do. Needless to say, HAL's biggest
customer,
IAG, which already has plenty of slots, is furious at the idea.

Because it's fundamentally the wrong way to do it

Sainsbury's doesn't put up its prices because it wants to increase the size
of it shops to expand into selling more type of goods

It raises the capital to do that, in the markets, based upon a prospectus
that "promises" the extra income from these new sales will pay back the
loans (with benefits).

Whether those promises are likely to, or not, come to fruition, is for the
banks to evaluate when deciding whether to lend the money, and if they get
it wrong, its the banks shareholders that lose, not the Airport's current
customers.

That way a strictly financial appraisal of the benefits of a scheme are
properly assessed, by the people *qualified* to do it. It isn't just done
because some big-wig head of a corporate happens to be chums with some
politician in an influential position and persuades them to champion it to
Government, over a game of golf.

The argument that LHR is a utility that has to be allowed to expand for the
good of the overall economy is just stuff and nonsense, that shouldn't
enable it to ride roughshod over standard corporate accounting methodology.

It's a purely commercial organisation - it should be told to play by normal
commercial rules

tim

In message , at 14:28:35 on Wed, 16 Dec 2020,
Roland Perry remarked:
In message , at 10:02:50 on Wed, 16 Dec
2020, Recliner remarked:
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for LHR R3. Of course, HAL isn't
going to be in any hurry to build it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55322340

Actually, it's given the go-ahead for HAL to make a planning
application (which could still fail). According to the lunchtime news
they've largely disbanded the team working on that, so it could take a
while.

Today's Guardian news (appears to be a "bad loser"):

"The UK's supreme court will refer a lawyer who broke the
embargo on its ruling on Heathrow airport to the attorney
general and the Bar Standards Board for investigation.

Tim Crosland, the director of environmental charity Plan B
Earth, received the ruling in advance as one of the parties
involved in the case, and published his reaction on Tuesday, the
day before the judgment was delivered.

Crosland said he was doing so as an 'act of civil disobedience'
and in protest at the court's finding that the government's
decision to approve the development of a third runway at the
airport was made lawfully with reference to climate targets.
....
The decision means the project can seek planning permission,
however the completion of the runway remains uncertain."
--
Roland Perry