Ease of access for the banking community - do they not use
City......
Yes mickey they do. They even have their own A318 on a special dedicated BA route to New York. However it's hardly a strategic and intergrated transport policy.
Clearly if the government are looking at proposals to take regional traffic out of LHR, the South West and the Midlands are the biggest opportunities
Yes they are. They think they can do this. Like a lot of things that politicians say, it's not actually grounded in reality. Like Boris Island or abandoning LHR runway three and replacing it with high speed rail. Great idea top level, good headlines, utterly nonsensical once you get into the detail. Policy makers fail most of the time on the detail.
So no more capacity where it's badly needed (LHR), might be needed (LGW), isn't needed (STN), but more capacity at LCY. As a former local, it's worth mentioning the vast increase in noise levels since the coming of the A318 and ERJ-190. 146s they are not.
The logic goes that if they constrain capacity, then we can grow BHX and other airfields. History suggests that AMS, CDG and FRA will the real winners. London traffic in F and J isn't that keen on using Gatwick, clearly BHX is the answer. Quite how though, is only in the heads of our beloved leaders.
It's worth noticing the amount of rather REALLY nice houses surrounding MAN. Taxing that lot even more isn't going to fill the front cabin in Emirates or Etihad.