I agree with this bit;
"According to the Department for Transport's economic modelling, increasing the duty by 50% on flights out of Heathrow would see the number of passengers flying from the airport fall by around 22%",
It is this bit that is wrong;
"with travellers switching to other airports in the south-east and the Midlands. The analysis suggests passenger numbers at Stansted, would increase by 20% and by 25% at Luton by 2020."
Travellers will certainly switch, but they will switch to places with the requisite HUB CAPACITY e.g. AMS, CDG or FRA, not LTN or STN!
Last edited by Libertine Winno; 3rd Jan 2013 at 13:44.
Reason: Spelling error