Originally Posted by
Navpi
"They might as well close 23L and turn that into a carpark as it hardly fulfills much of it's potential as second runway anyway".
No idea on the Manchester experience but like MAG'S other major offering STN. I assume it's functional.
My main point however is runways.I would ask somebody in Air traffic if they agree with the statement above ?
Given the eyewatering figures for a new runway at Heathrow I would say the cost of the second runway at Manchester was a bargain.
Brighter people than me will know the figures but I doubt Manchester could achieve 28m on a single runway operation due to the close proximity of the terminal.
In terms of cost be in no doubt it was a bargain if compared to a similar structure of
£8,000,000,000 million at Heathrow.
I agree Navpi, £8 trillion is a bit much...