Jabird
Other commentators have suggested that LGW couldn't work either, as it is 'too far' from central London. LGW too far? And Boris Island?
LGW is not too far from London, it is too far from Heathrow.
There is no point flying from Beijing to Heathrow, if your shorthaul flight to Denmark is from LGW. May as well interline through AMS instead.
And that, is the whole problem with London. Brit Airways loses a flight, BAA loses the landing fee and all those shop sales, and the government loses all those taxes. So UK Plc goes bankrupt, while the Cloggies are rolling in clover.
Nice forward planning, eh?
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