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Yes, that is the critical point: where the carriers and pax, especially premium pax, want to fly from.
Fly through, Frank, fly through.
I keep telling you that the heart of these large national airports is the ability to interline from regional airports (and train stations), through the national hub, and on to locations all around the world. So the actual location of the new Silver-Boris hub-airport is not as critical as you think. A TGV line to London is the only real essential, although TGV lines to the north and west would be handy.
Why do you think that AMS is so large, when the Netherlands is so small? Every time i pass through there, the majority appear to be Brits interlining through from Bristol, Glasgow and Newcastle, because it is easier to go to AMS than trying to crawl your way down to LHR. And that is all revenue that is lost to UK carriers, lost to the City of London, and lost to UK PLC.
Someone needs to get a grip on UK aviation planning, before it sinks without trace. Where is Albert Speer, when you need him??
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