Given that this Govt is taxing everything to the hilt, how much extra would a trip to BHX from the SE cost? We all know that the Paul Kehoe has stated that when HS2 is launched that BHX will be the 3rd runway but how much will a trip on this route add to a journey? BHX is being p****d about with Ryanair, baby don't know if they are coming or going and 2 easy routes to Switzerland don't encourage the lowcost market either. Monarch only cater for the sunspots of Europe and Egypt. Not a good recipe for short haul routes me thinks. Regarding long haul I can't see any major expansion at all. EK and CO may increase their frequencies in future, but China, LA, JNB, CPT? no way. The market from BHX is just not there.
At a time when VAT goes up tomorrow plus the usual round of rip off train fare increases plus the cost of petrol, this Govt will price transport costs out of existence