New Thames Airport for London

[Fairdealfrank]

and STILL they will have to:

• ramp through a law for compulsory purchase of the entire LHR shooting match
• find a way to pay off every single carrier to move and underwrite their losses
• deal with the anger of a very considerable number of companies
• deal with the anger of an even greater number of voters

I could go on but ...

Exactly, PAXboy, and they ain't got the dosh.

[silverstrata]

Paxboy:

• find a way to pay off every single carrier to move and underwrite their losses
• deal with the anger of a very considerable number of companies

Name me one major new relocated airport, that has had to pay its carriers to move there.

Silver.

[ETOPS]

Equally, name a functioning major international airport - privately owned - that has been closed down by legislation in order to justify the building of its replacement?

[Fairdealfrank]

Name me one major new relocated airport, that has had to pay its carriers to move there.

Silver.

Equally, name a functioning major international airport - privately owned - that has been closed down by legislation in order to justify the building of its replacement?

- privately owned - that is the key. There aren't many large international airports in the world that are privately owned.

[silverstrata]

Never mind the cost of the Silver-Boris Thames airport, a new reports says the nation will lose £31bn through NOT building it.

Can we afford to delay any longer?

Britain on course to lose up to £31bn over 15 years it takes to build new Heathrow runway - and that's just 'the tip of the iceberg', warns the CBI | Daily Mail Online

[Barling Magna]

Unfortunately the Bullingdon lads won't be making a decision in favour of any runway construction, I fear......

[PAXboy]

It will be:

1. Gatwick Runway
2. Gatwick with Heathrow 'under more review' not a NO but not a YES.
3. i.e. Fudge and Mudge as it has been for 40 years.

[silverstrata]

It will be:
i.e. Fudge and Mudge as it has been for 40 years.

And that is the trouble. Any descision would be better than no descision, but none of our politicians have the intellect, common sense, or balls to make a one.

And so they will hapily lose £30 bn in earnings, while saying they cannot build Silver-Boris because it is too expensive. Frankly, this demonstrates the futility of democracy, which can only afford to look forward a maximum of five years. Perhaps it is about time for a military coup, and install someone with a 30-year vision.

P.S. Ditto our energy policy.

Silver

[Fairdealfrank]

Silver, you're back, brilliant!

Ho ho ho, this thread has been brought back from the dead, well done!

And that is the trouble. Any descision would be better than no descision, but none of our politicians have the intellect, common sense, or balls to make a one.

Correct, likely to see Brentford FC in the Premier league for the first time since 1947 (First Division then of course) and the results of Chilcott before a decision is made on LHR expansion.

And so they will hapily lose £30 bn in earnings, while saying they cannot build Silver-Boris because it is too expensive. Frankly, this demonstrates the futility of democracy, which can only afford to look forward a maximum of five years. Perhaps it is about time for a military coup, and install someone with a 30-year vision.

Silver Island is a non-starter for all the reasons mentioned ad nauseum on this and other threads, but even if it went ahead, the timescale involved means that Heathrow would still need to be expanded in the interim.

This simple fact makes Silver Island even more of a non-starter.

It's also not about "democracy": France, Germany and the Netherlands are democracies: France, Germany and the Netherlands have each expanded their hub airport.

All you need for a thirty year vision is for Conservative and Labour to reach consensus, like they do on several issues.

If there's any coups occurring in Europe, would suggest that Greece is more of a candidate than the UK.