He said: ‘Only 30% of its traffic connects. It is just a very big, successful airport. Is it positioned to be a world hub? For US traffic yes, for Europe going east and everyone else, no. A con is being perpetrated and it's time we held BAA to account. Even if there was a third runway, where is runway four? Where is the extra capacity you say Britain needs?’
That's 30% of traffic at risk if connectivity withers then. Ever wondered how LON-NYC is so cheap, well it's because 30% of traffic is connecting and driving capacity up and price down. Europe - US is a market worth being in, London is on the Greenwich Meridian, between the US and Europe. It's a market worth being in, stating the obvious here but worth mentioning.
London isn't a feed on Europe going East as much as it was due to the rise of the ME carriers in the Sand Pit. His last point sounds post pub. I wonder how much this commercial genius is on?