Originally Posted by Kiko H Fan:
“So does Heathrow.
From the car park to Terminal 5.”
And the numerous BA internal flights to Manchester,Glasgow,Edinburgh and Aberdeen*
(*Radio callsign is Shuttle)
Heathrow expansion - My take.
The facts are:
The UK needs a hub airport.
This needs to be in or very near to London.
It needs it asap
Any new airport project will take at least 20 years just to start on site.
Any new airport will cost the taxpayer billions.
LHR expansion will be paid for by Ferrovial/BAA.
LHR Expansion can be carried out by Ferrovial who are also one of the biggest civil engineering companies in the world (currently building the new T2)
Transport connections are already in place to LHR with more in progress (Crossrail, currently being built by Ferrovial coincidentally, who also donated a large chunk of money towards the project).
2 new world class terminals already on site. Baggage tunnels, fuel pipelines etc. already in place.
Hotels, cargo distribution centres, airline offices and staff all based around the airport.
There is only one 'no brainer' as far as I can see. The fact that they are going full steam ahead with large scale infrastructure projects at the airport and Crossrail is going there also seems to me like this was decided a long time ago and we are just seeing the political merry go round in practice. Heathrow expansion will happen!