Great how some people keep popping up with moans about those that live in Warwickshire that participated in the Planning procedure legally (I'm not one, for the record). Unlike CVT who tried to circumvent the procedures whenever the chance was given. Time to move forward not live in the past. I don't believe the Planning Permission for a larger terminal would have made a jot of difference to the present difficulties. In fact it would have deepened the debt. Thomsonfly would still have left. They couldn't even attract anyone else with an empty 1 million capacity terminal...
Absolutely spot on.
Programme for HS2 includes:
2026 – line between London and Birmingham could open
Vey unlikely if you ask me.