Basement Checkin AKA underground rail station
Yes
great planning all round ... the terminal basement, originally intended to be the underground rail station... you can see the meeting that decided on that one now
DAA Manager 1, "We don't have enough check in space ... what should we do ...?"
DAA Manager 2, "We could plonk them on top of the short term car park!"
DAA Manager 3, "Dont be silly, think of the car parking revenue we'd loose, look at all those lovely spaces!"
DAA Manager 1, "How about we build a new terminal?"
DAA Manager 2, "It'll take too long, there's bound to be some planning objections and that'll just be from Ryanair!"
DAA Manager 3, "We could knock down his hangar to build the terminal!"
DAA Manager 2, "Why don't we put the new checkin desks in the basement!"
DAA Manager 1, "BRILLIANT!"
DAA Manager 3, "But isn't the Metro link supposed to go in there?! Where'll we put the rail link!"
Managers in unison, "Under the hotel! Think of the extra revenue of selling the hotel with it's own rail link!!"
Nah ... couldn't have happened like that ... could it?
JAS