Originally Posted by
stewyb
Surprised to see that the airport have not included the northern taxiway within their planning submission and instead state that this will only be carried out in the future once there is a suitable number of runway movements. I thought it would have been cheaper to complete whilst equipment is on site for extension!
Agree totally. Bl***dy Awful Airports Plc missed the original boat when the runway was being resurfaced, at the time circa £40K to add the missing link to the north end of TWY A.
An extended RWY 20 is going to increase the backtrack to further reduce the flow rate. If other LCCs are as vociferous as Ryanair when it comes to turnaround times, the current log jams at Hold B1 are going to cause considerable aggravation for the airport operator.