Originally Posted by
grundyhead
"If you build it, they will come".
Coventry wouldn't agree with that!!!
Anyway, the main stumbling block for the development would appear to be the funding for the re-routing of the A45.
Advantage West Midlands have something like £25 million for the project but current EU rules say this is Government money, therefore, forbidden.
The extension will not be up and running until at least 2014 now, so any speculation about long haul hubs will remain just that....
I'm sure BHX, along with many other airports at this time, would just be grateful for an upturn to the pre crunch levels of business.....