Originally Posted by
Wee Weasley Welshman
There will never be a runway extension. I have that from the horses mouth. Which actually guffawed at the amount of money BHX has just completely blown on their extra Tarmac.
Successful airports spend wisely and runway length would be nothing but vanity.
WWW
I think you're probably right - BRS has an extremely successful business model offering a mix of leisure and business orientated services to Europe. Unlike at BHX, where there was already a basis of long haul operations (with Emirates, United, PIA, Turkmenistan plus charters) BRS has none. Even with that, it will take many years to recoup the investment in the runway extension there.
BRS is playing a very canny game businesswise at the moment - why try and be too clever?