Originally Posted by
Empty Cruise
The runway that was 'recently' closed (had been closed by NOTAM for quite some time) was not a parallel runway and would not have increased capacity had it been re-instated. In fact, had it not been partially used for aircraft parking, the overnight issue would have reared its head sooner.
The person owning their own bizjet aircraft will likely not be bothered too much by having the crew do 2x 25min positioning - again, if you have to ask how much they cost to run, you can't afford it in the first place!
For us - sure, a nuisance, but nothing worse than at so many other airports around the world...
Just wait until it's an air ambulance doing a repatriation with a critical care patient and a crew pushing their duty day to get the patient home and they come out with you can't park here overnight. That's going to go down well in the press.