Birmingham world's busiest airport
Headline in today's "I":
"Birmingham bids to unseat Heathrow as the world's busiest airport"
have just stopped laughing.
The article on page 4 bangs on about journey times on the HS2 with quotes from Elmdon's chief executive, and about it being geographically central for the UK (think that Ringway would be more central(?)). However, nowhere does the article mention how they plan to shift premium traffic and carriers away from Heathrow.
Heathrow is not full because it's the only UK airport.
Heathrow was declared "full" back in the 1970s, and it still has just 2 rwys, so the Elmdon management are right to express a desire for a second rwy despite the airport nowhere near full. Start now and it may be available in 50 years.
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 10th Jun 2013 at 16:03.