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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Aug 2015, 22:04
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Having missed a vital comment, "If there isn't...

Having missed a vital comment, "If there isn't scope for some accomodation, then BA has to suck it up, it has nowhere else to go", it may be an idea to re-read the whole post, a couple of times if...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Aug 2015, 12:08
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

It's a gut feeling based on common sense, have no...

It's a gut feeling based on common sense, have no knowledge of what wiggle room may be available. If there isn't scope for some accomodation, then BA has to suck it up, it has nowhere else to go.
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Aug 2015, 23:37
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

BA and the third rwy

BA and LHR need each other, both are joined at the hip. BA have nowhere else to go and LHR needs a large hub carrier to be based there. Expect that there will be some sort of accomodation. There is a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Jul 2015, 00:41
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Not much to get excited about, Scotland wants LHR...

Not much to get excited about, Scotland wants LHR expansion as much (or, if you believe the propaganda, as little) as any other part of the UK, and the SNP are basking in the glory of having 56 out...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Jul 2015, 18:03
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Perhaps "widening" was the wrong word, perhaps...

Perhaps "widening" was the wrong word, perhaps "reconfiguring" would have been better. The reason it will have to be done anyway is that this stretch of the M25 has too many junctions on top of each...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Jul 2015, 23:33
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

If you really think that no LHR third rwy means...

If you really think that no LHR third rwy means infrastructure investment in the north, you would be disappointed.

If LHR Ltd and other investors are prohibited from building a third rwy, do you...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2015, 23:28
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Yes, there will be relief at LGW for a while and...

Yes, there will be relief at LGW for a while and building another rwy there will become neccessary at some point. It is likely, however, that LGW management would not take on the expense of a second...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2015, 00:55
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Thank you for the kind comment, indie cent! ...

Thank you for the kind comment, indie cent!

Not as much respite as 4 rwys, of course.

The NIMBYs don’t want to hear it, it undermines their already very weak case. They would rather have fuel...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jul 2015, 22:34
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

...But not flightpath residents. They cannot...

...But not flightpath residents.

They cannot get away with it for one simple reason: that scheme requires permanent mixed mode to be used if the number of movements is to be increased, and if not,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jul 2015, 23:02
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Indeed it's not. It is, however, a reason to...

Indeed it's not. It is, however, a reason to build the third rwy as soon as, and to start planning for a fourth for several years down the line.


Elected government make a decision? You are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jul 2015, 19:39
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

"His Master’s Voice": he's just towing the...

"His Master’s Voice": he's just towing the mayoral line.

TFL is trotting out rubbish about a subject that is of no concern to it: diverting/tunnelling trunk roads and motorways is a Highways...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Jul 2015, 21:55
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Not so, BA would be entitled to a share of the...

Not so, BA would be entitled to a share of the new slots: it’s 50% to incumbents and 50% to new entrants. Some of the new entrants may be smaller carriers offering feeder flights on thin routes, this...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Jun 2015, 18:34
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Depends on the time scale, but basicly sound...

Depends on the time scale, but basicly sound comment even if it's a slight exageration (to make the point?).


The airport's management want it, carriers want it, pax want it. It would not be an...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Jun 2015, 23:21
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

.....which will be privately financed by the...

.....which will be privately financed by the airport.




This will be publicly funded won't it, just like the M25 at Heathrow.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Jun 2015, 23:25
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Those sites were all for a potential "THIRD...

Those sites were all for a potential "THIRD London airport", not a replacement for Heathrow and/or Gatwick, as was the case with Boris Fantasy Island. At the time, the best site for a "third London...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2015, 21:29
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Marginal seats are not an issue because Heathrow...

Marginal seats are not an issue because Heathrow expansion is not an issue that determines peoples' votes.

In Brentford and Isleworth, Conservative Mary McLeod made much of her opposition to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2015, 00:32
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Indeed, the airport was there long before most of...

Indeed, the airport was there long before most of them.

House prices are only an issue in that they are amongst the highest in the country.

The presence of the airport is not a problem for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Jun 2015, 23:57
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

(1) Why the personal attack? (2) What do...

(1) Why the personal attack?

(2) What do you think it does for your credibility?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jun 2015, 22:40
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

You forgot to mention the aircraft queueing up to...

You forgot to mention the aircraft queueing up to take off, engines idling wasting fuel.

You forgot to mention the aircraft stacking over the Home Counties and the Thames Valley queueing up to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Jun 2015, 22:39
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Yes, and building a rwy at Gatwick while not...

Yes, and building a rwy at Gatwick while not building one at LHR fails to address the chronic lack of rwy capacity at the UK's only hub airport.

The land north of Heathrow between the A4 and the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th May 2015, 19:54
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Hmmmm, not sure about the "hub" option, it could...

Hmmmm, not sure about the "hub" option, it could upset many flightpath residents because it would require permanent all-day mixed mode, and that means no respite at all.

Also, crossrail would be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th May 2015, 19:29
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Would imagine that U2's support for LHR has more...

Would imagine that U2's support for LHR has more to do with long term opportunities for the carrier to make money rather than anything that machivellian. Which "competitor airline" are you thinking...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th May 2015, 18:22
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Exactly, it’s clearly nonsense, no one will do...

Exactly, it’s clearly nonsense, no one will do that, far better to fly between Heathrow and Ringway.

No exaggeration at all, it’s exactly the reality!

Already started on the M3, whether it’s...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th May 2015, 20:53
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Not privy to the goings-on at Waterside, but...

Not privy to the goings-on at Waterside, but there's always some in an organisation taking a contrarian view. Hard to believe that it could be a better result. Sounds more like someone putting a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th May 2015, 23:48
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

If LHR doesn't get a third rwy, BA's position...

If LHR doesn't get a third rwy, BA's position will be no more dominant than AF at CDG, KL at AMS and LH at FRA. The difference is that those airports have expanded and will continue to do so when...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st May 2015, 22:58
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Don't think you can have it both ways!

Don't think you can have it both ways!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Apr 2015, 22:26
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Yes, had forgotten that, but as you say, it was...

Yes, had forgotten that, but as you say, it was in the plans. The penny should have dropped with the UK government (which ran Heathrow at the time)!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
29th Apr 2015, 21:25
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

It’s not quite as simple as that, but also not...

It’s not quite as simple as that, but also not that difficult a concept to understand. There is no "neutral position" in this context because supporting the status quo is anti-Heathrow, because the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Apr 2015, 19:59
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Hardly a pro-Heathrow or a neutral position is...

Hardly a pro-Heathrow or a neutral position is it!




Intellectual pygmies the lot of them. None of them has ever run anything or had a "proper" job.



Could "the Honorable members for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Apr 2015, 22:48
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Off the top of my head, HACAN comes to mind, it...

Off the top of my head, HACAN comes to mind, it has been campaigning on "noise" issues for many years, long before expansion came back onto the agenda.

AFAIK, and this could be wrong, it is part...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Apr 2015, 15:59
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

The party whips can't persuade, bribe, threaten,...

The party whips can't persuade, bribe, threaten, blackmail, etc., a handful of independently minded MPs who just refuse to toe the party line. Once the whips realise this they tend to get left alone....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Apr 2015, 21:11
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

This is bull

Zac Goldsmith: 'I'll trigger a by-election over Heathrow' - General Election 2015 - UK Politics - The Independent...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Jul 2014, 18:11
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

That would be classic "Yes Minister", and...

That would be classic "Yes Minister", and possibly not that far from the truth?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2014, 15:31
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Instead of or as well as a third at LHR? If it's...

Instead of or as well as a third at LHR? If it's the former, disaster and problem not resolved; if it's the latter, excellent.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Jul 2014, 21:35
Replies: 530
Views: 90,283
Posted By Fairdealfrank

Every other airport in the UK is also nowhere...

Every other airport in the UK is also nowhere near as busy.






Yet another reason why Heathrow is not closing in the forseable.
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