New Thames Airport [Archive]

colegate

24th Oct 2010, 16:11

In today's Sunday Times there is an article about a new airport being proposed for the Kent side of the Thames Estuary. It quotes its chief proponent as John Olsen, formerly of Cathay, Dan-Air and Cunard. I have been trying to contact him by email for sometime now. Anyone know how I can do so?

kriskross

24th Oct 2010, 16:16

He was the guy telling staff to buy Dan Air shares 2 weeks before the take over, as they were good value - and a lot of employees did!!

niknak

24th Oct 2010, 18:13

This has been done to death on this forum and every government for the last 20 years has said it'll never get approval.

Utter tosh and nonsense, it'll never happen.

Aero Mad

24th Oct 2010, 21:13

It is tosh - all you need is high speed rail to Manston and Southend (forgive me :O) and you can save bucket loads on building a wacking great new airport. Honestly, Bozzer's bored of being out of the press. And as for this quote from a former Labour MP for Gillingham:

Heathrow... is really the only practical solution to accommodate the demands of both business and pleasure aviation requirements in the future".

UTTER TOSH!!!!

Phileas Fogg

24th Oct 2010, 22:27

There's already an airport on the Kent side of the Thames estuary ..... it's called Rochester :)

Ian Brooks

24th Oct 2010, 22:44

How about Manston?

Ian B

Skipness One Echo

25th Oct 2010, 10:30

How about Manston?

Let's see, we can't get the business at the front end to get the non stop Gatwick Express but Manston will be the answer?

This whole idea is just a story. In the UK it would take a generation to happen, so won't. The whole idea that you put a new airport into anywhere near the London area is comedy. I couldn't imagine LCY being given the go ahead today, indeed Ken Livingstone was looking for a way to phase it out over time.

lefturnout

25th Oct 2010, 10:53

This has all been done to death, here Revealed: London mayor repeatedly snubbed Kent's leaders over 'Boris Island' airport (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/january/12/boris_island.aspx)
here: Boris Johnson flip-flops on Kent estuary airport (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/march/5/johnson_latest.aspx) and here: Video: David Cameron in Kent - Tories would deal with discount alcohol (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/january/22/cameron_in_kent.aspx)