Originally Posted by
BACsuperVC10
Someone on here mentioned a second runway, it has never been in the airports plans, so why it was mentioned i've no idea !
It was mentioned by me, simply out of historical interest, because when the airport was owned by British Aerospace, some 30 years ago, they did examine plans to build a twin runway airport at Speke. Here's a quote from the link I posted earlier:-
BRITISH AEROSPACE is examining plans to build a new pounds 1bn international airport at Liverpool with twin runways .....
I can clearly remember attending a briefing in 1992, chaired by Chris Preece (Airport Director at the time), and part of the plan was to extend the airport by reclaiming land from the mudflats of the estuary to make space for two runways. It was also mentioned that some of this work could be done by one of BAe's associated companies at the time, Ballast Nedham, which had expertise in this field. All very ambitious, and no surprise that it didn't proceed, or that a second runway is not part of current airport plans.