Suzeman - well put and in total agreement with those perspectives.
Discussion and actually figures have been discussed in another place
Around 20m are international-international transfers at LHR and already behind other EU Hubs however on the other hand and the reason for the high yields London by itself is a magnitude the largest market in Europe period.
The current constraints may actually be advantageous to the major customer BA in maintaining and improving yield and revenue potential.
Their mite means they (BA) can secure more capacity as needed and have been doing so through a rolling programme of acquisitions for several years.
Sudden and massive increases in capacity would weaken that very investment and perhaps the answers why the Irish gentlemen at IAG is so ambivalent !
I think however this should be the final words on the Manchester thread regarding this.
Continue on the Heathrow or BA threads if you must.
Let face reality the report and continued inaction are with us for at least another 20 months with a spring election in 2015 summer recess and finally new parliament after September 2015.
Even after that we have no idea if or when the commission/select committees will be given time or what priority the new government will place on these issues - Very long grass pretty much.
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