Originally Posted by
Fairdealfrank
Anyone suggesting that LHR is NOT full needs a dose of reality.
Aircraft queuing up for 20-30 minutes to take off, stacking for ages before landing, and the existance of a "secondary slot market" that requires carriers to pay millions for a slot pair makes it patently obvious that it is.
If there is that much demand for flights out of LHR then I fail to see why the taxpayer should pay for any of the expansion. I would allow LHR (and LGW) to expand as much as they want but only if it is privately financed - after all why shouldn't those getting the benefits of expansion (the passengers) pay for those benefits.