The Anonymous Widower

Is Sir Howard Going To Recommend A Second Runway At Gatwick?

This report in the Standard speculates that Sir Howard Davies report on London airports might be recommending a second runway at Gatwick.

I think this could be a sensible solution, to providing more runway capacity in the South East of England.

I said in this post, that Gatwick’s second runway, if it is built, should be North South.  Here’s what I said.

I used to fly a lot and was an avid reader of Flight International. Years ago, an airline pilot proposed building a second runway at Gatwick, by building over the M23 and putting that in a tunnel underneath. The runway would have been North-South, which is an unusual direction for the UK, but would only have been used for take-off in a southerly direction.

He had a point and it shows how if you think radically, you may come up with better solutions.

I still think that this North-South proposal should be seriously examined.

Gatwick also has good rail links to London.  My only questions are, are the links as good as they can be and are doing enough to make Farringdon a proper hub with restaurants, hotels and offices? I mused on the latter here!

We need some radical thinking to link the major airports together and also to the Channel Tunnel and HS2.

May 10, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Channel Tunnel, Flying, Gatwick Airport, High Speed Two, Trains