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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Dec 2016, 10:02
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Heathrow tops European connectivity league again

This week's publication of OAG's annual Megahubs Index report again shows Heathrow as Europe's most connected airport by a considerable margin.

Using a calculated Connectivity Index based on seat...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Dec 2016, 06:39
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

The Sun, uncharacteristically, had a reasonable...

The Sun, uncharacteristically, had a reasonable summary of the outcome:

"It might not have been the reason the by-election was won or lost, but the reason we had a contest in the first place was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Nov 2016, 15:23
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

I think you may be confusing the satellites,...

I think you may be confusing the satellites, which would be located to the south of R3, oriented east-west (so the aircraft would park pointing north-south), with the terminal itself, which all the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Nov 2016, 11:32
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Which is presumably why the plan is indeed to...

Which is presumably why the plan is indeed to build T6 there.

I though we had already discussed the impracticability of that in the main Heathrow thread ?

Almost all of the freight that goes...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Nov 2016, 20:42
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Well maybe he's under the impression they only...

Well maybe he's under the impression they only have one at the moment?

I'm struggling to think of a reason why anyone would be disingenuous enough to pretend they didn't know it had 2 runways...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Nov 2016, 19:54
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

How do you mean ? It looks like pretty...

How do you mean ?

It looks like pretty standard fare for the Mail - someone trying to be witty but ending up just sounding daft.

Or am I missing something ?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Nov 2016, 17:04
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, that's certainly another interpretation. ...

Yes, that's certainly another interpretation.

If that's the case, it would have been better to remove the ambiguity by saying something like

"Fares will go up in future by less if we build a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Nov 2016, 13:59
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

It's worth noting that the DfT's announcement...

It's worth noting that the DfT's announcement about last week's decision included the statement that:

"An extra runway at Heathrow will deliver lower fares relative to no expansion"

implying...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Nov 2016, 14:18
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Spillover Effects of the Development Constraints in London Heathrow Airport

Interesting paper from a couple of years ago that I hadn't come across before:

Abstract:
"In this article we assess the growth impact of London Heathrow’s development constraints on other...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Oct 2016, 18:06
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

First of the post-announcement public meetings

I see that John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor and MP for Hayes & Harlington, in whose constituency most of R3 would be located, is convening a public meeting tonight "to discuss the Government's...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Oct 2016, 09:54
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Well no, not duped, but there's a certain amount...

Well no, not duped, but there's a certain amount of self-delusion going on when RABA can come out with a statement like

"For many of our members, it is clear that demand for such a connection...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Oct 2016, 07:53
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

I suspect that if he did, the Welsh government...

I suspect that if he did, the Welsh government would tell him to mind his own business. :O
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Oct 2016, 10:27
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

From this week's DfT report's Executive Summary: ...

From this week's DfT report's Executive Summary:

"The revised analysis set out in this report suggests that, as was the case for the Airports Commission's analysis, the net present values (NPVs)...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Oct 2016, 18:25
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

I have to confess I wasn't the first to think of...

I have to confess I wasn't the first to think of the idea. :O
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Oct 2016, 07:47
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, that's just plain silly. Building a...

Yes, that's just plain silly.

Building a bridge to take the M25 over the runway would be far cheaper.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 16:48
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Nothing wrong with your arithmetic. :O The...

Nothing wrong with your arithmetic. :O

The problem is "the Government promised ..." bit.

No government can tell airlines where to fly to. All it can do is to cajole and encourage them to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 13:22
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

All of the Airports Commission's reports are on...

All of the Airports Commission's reports are on their website, readily available for anyone to read why their favourite option was one of the 55 proposals not shortlisted and agree/disagree with the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 09:46
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Curiously, in the last 24 hours Heathrow have...

Curiously, in the last 24 hours Heathrow have removed references to R3 from its website:

Third runway plans (http://www.heathrow.com/noise/future-plans/third-runway-plans) (bad link)

Airports...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 09:03
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Agreed. To quote from the document I referenced...

Agreed. To quote from the document I referenced in my previous post:

"We have reduced the landing and departure maximum capacities from today's scheduled limits of 44 landings and 46 departures...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 07:56
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

An 8 metre elevation difference between each end...

An 8 metre elevation difference between each end of a 3500m runway represents a slope of 0.22%.

Manchester manages OK with more than double that amount.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 07:43
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

What you describe amounts to continuing to...

What you describe amounts to continuing to operate in segregated mode, albeit with the runway roles alternating several times per day instead of once a day as at present.

Interesting idea, but...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Oct 2016, 06:27
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

"Only" 14 ? That figure seems wildly...

"Only" 14 ?

That figure seems wildly optimistic compared to other forecasts for domestic connectivity, including the Airport Commission's - where did you get it from ?

I would struggle to name...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 23:19
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Talk about the left hand not knowing what the...

Talk about the left hand not knowing what the right one is doing ....

https://your.heathrow.com/takingbritainfurther/video-underneath-terminal-5-terminal-6-expansion/
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 23:07
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

I don't understand the distinction you seem to be...

I don't understand the distinction you seem to be trying to make. Interleaving arrivals with departures is exactly how one of the three runways would be used for most of the time. That's mixed mode...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 17:22
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

The published plan for operation of a 3-runway...

The published plan for operation of a 3-runway Heathrow shows one runway being used for departures, one for arrivals and one for both (mixed mode), with their respective roles alternating through...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 16:00
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

The published plans show a new Terminal 6,...

The published plans show a new Terminal 6, adjacent to T5.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 15:00
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

That would make Heathrow the only airport in the...

That would make Heathrow the only airport in the world that has twice as many arrivals as departures.

Well apart from possibly Marana, Victorville, Mojave, etc. :O
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 14:56
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

I think you need a new map. Waterside would...

I think you need a new map. Waterside would disappear under concrete.

I don't think that's news to BA. :O
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 14:28
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

I don't think anyone will bother to shoot you...

I don't think anyone will bother to shoot you down.

The arguments for and against basing expansion on pretty well every existing strip of concrete in the southern UK (including Heyford) have been...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 12:48
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

That's poppycock. A Central Scotland Airport...

That's poppycock.

A Central Scotland Airport was "planned" more than 40 years ago. It didn't happen then and it's not going to now.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 11:05
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

We'll find out (or not, as the case may be) when...

We'll find out (or not, as the case may be) when the Transport Secretary makes a statement in the Commons at around 1pm.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Oct 2016, 10:26
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

Transport Secretary due to make statement in the...

Transport Secretary due to make statement in the Commons at around 1pm.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Oct 2016, 08:29
Replies: 316
Views: 61,018
Posted By DaveReidUK

LHR given permission to build 3rd runway?

Then don't. As of now, it hasn't been.
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