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Old 5th Jan 2022, 01:17
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OzzyOzBorn
 
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They're not closing the second runway in the medium term. It's not being mothballed.
Actually, the second runway is closed now and has been for many months. The question is when does it reopen. The plan for that is start of season S22, but that was based on very optimistic scheduling put in place before assorted governments threw travel barriers back up. You won't be surprised to learn that I hope it will reopen then, as planned. But I don't think we can safely presume anything at this stage. We need to see the effect covid uncertainty has on air travel bookings. And it would be very helpful to see the worst restrictions (especially expensive C-19 testing) dropped in the near term. There are some hopeful developments on this, with HMG withdrawing the need for pre-departure tests, and Germany ending its ban on UK travellers. But we still have a long way to go.
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