Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) welcomed (01-Jul-2015) news that of the three schemes shortlisted for expanding aviation capacity in the UK, the UK Airport Commission has unanimously concluded that the proposal for a new northwest runway at Heathrow Airport, presents the strongest case and offers the greatest strategic and economic benefits. LJLA has been a supporter of this proposal for some time, recognising Heathrow Airport’s expansion plans as the best proposal for the country. CEO Andrew Cornish commented: "Liverpool John Lennon Airport welcomes this news and now urges the Government to give the go ahead of this important expansion of Heathrow so that regional airports such as Liverpool can soon benefit too by the opening up of access to the UK’s hub airport for improved worldwide connectivity"
NCL also support LHR3 as does Glasgow.
If there's such demand at MAN for P2P L/H flights, why are there 20 airlines lined up to operate from LHR? Surely they'd go where the money is?
None of you have picked up on Davies comments about air freight either - it gets 180 mentions! LHR doesn't need cargo-only aircraft to handle 1.5m tonnes - STN, MAN & EMA can't do that. Perhaps the lack of revenue from cargo is why MAN doesn't get the flights and never will.