Do We Need More Runways In The South East?
This old chestnut keeps coming round and the London Assembly has produced a report, as is discussed in the Standard. Here’s the first few paragraphs.
The Government’s claim that the South-East faces an aviation capacity crisis was thrown into doubt today after an influential report suggested London has enough runways already.
The London Assembly study found the capital’s airports are currently underused with two — Luton and Stansted — having around half of their runway slots free.
Even Heathrow, at 99 per cent runway capacity, could fly an additional 20 million passengers a year if larger aircraft were used, it claimed.
To test their premise, that London has enough space, let’s look at Gatwick. Two years ago, I flew out of Gatwick to Greece. Read what I wrote in this blog. The last statement was.
Let’s face it, if I fly again, I’m not going out of Gatwick.
But in spite of that, I did use the airport to go to Budapest, where I had an excellent meal at Jamie’s Italian.
Gatwick seems to have improved immensely in the last couple of years, since the change of ownership, and it’s all been done by lots of small steps. The other thing that helps me is the direct link from Dalston Junction to Clapham Junction.
I’m going out to Geneva on the 17th and it’ll be interesting to see how it goes. On every trip, Gatwick seems to get better.
May 1, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Food, Transport/Travel | Coeliac/Gluten-Free, Flying, Gatwick Airport, Trains
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