R2 parallel taxiway
We've been over this a few times before, and 750XLs quote is from one of my posts on this topic. I'm a great advocate of infrastructure investment, but the decision not to build the R2 parallel taxiway was the right one. The cost of it was/is massive (£60M at last estimate) for something that will only be used infrequently (2011 is an exception). Just as with Amsterdam's Polderbaan (18R/36L) the normal dual-runway operating mode does not require a taxiway. MAN could do far better investing that money on developing the northside taxiways to ensure capacity and resilience day to day.