Good point re German cities - although they have a far superior road system which has always had a negative affect upon chopper charter demand.
i have not used their rail system but I imagine it is somewhat more impressive than ours - that said, I would imagine most other rail systems and airport connections are better than ours.....
Once we start comparing Oranges with Apples then we (the rotary industry) will never make any progress.
As ever, it needs a very large lump of cash and persuasive arguments made in a timely manner.
Not sure Falcon/Vanguard could be used on a commercial basis as approach and departure very restrictive and you are, in essence, having to use a virtual FATO by being SSE at all stages of flight and hover taxi? Have not used it myself.
Battersea is becoming a joke and not really there for the benefit of the commercial industry.