... Amazing planning timetable, when one considers that the latest off-shore Japanese airport at Kytakyushu was opened a mere... four years after getting the green light - and did not only involve a new runway (obviously), but creating a completely new-built airport on an artificial island, with a highway/causeway to the mainland etc.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, it was only three years between the go-ahead and the fourth runway being opened at CDG. They just bought more land for it - but then again they buy it at a 20% premium, so most land/house owners are happy to sell...
Food for thought...
Nite!
