With the railway line at Dawlish closed for at least a month and quite possibly longer, how feasible is it to set up a temporary air service between Plymouth and maybe Luton or Gatwick, at least until trains are running normally ?
I'm aware that Govt cannot normally tell the private sector what to do and there are multiple legal risk of getting too deeply involved, but Govt often has all sorts of reserve powers for emergencies. Presumably the CAA can do things on a temporary basis it wouldn't do normally if there is political desire at a very high level.