Slashing airport capacity by about 33 % seems a little drastic. Could LTN not just push *really* hard to persuade pax to use public transport instead ? Use the website and email to communicate this. Maybe also reduce the DART price temporarily and have extra buses to places poorly served by public transport like Milton Keynes and Stevenage. Perhaps have an additional temporary toll for access on the private road leading to the airport from the Holiday Inn.
The fire should not mean the terminal and runway be under-utilised... just a need to push people hard away from car travel and towards public transport.
It's too late to solve for Xmas 2023... but there's 3 months to do something in time for Easter 2024
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 23rd Dec 2023 at 15:27.