It will be interesting to see the actual declared TODA and LDA distances when the runway extension opens, as opposed to the physical length of the runway, and one restriction will remain for the types which can operate, the width is 37 metres, whereas most UK commercial airports have a runway width of 46 metres at least. I think that when Heavylift brought in one of their A300's back in the nineties they had to get special dispensation from the CAA and a senior commander had to be used.