Shed, give a new runway to LHR which will free up capacity for the leisure travel sector you claim is needed at LGW
So do you think that the SE will
not need additional capacity for the growth in leisure travel? Do you consider my 'claim' that this sector is likely to grow an outlandish suggestion?
I would actually be quite happy for
both LHR and LGW airports to build a new runway from a purely operational perspective. But unfortunately, there is no "give" about it. They will be extraordinarily expensive to deliver, particularly the LHR option. And I am very keen to ensure that the successful project is entirely privately funded, including all support works required to upgrade surrounding general infrastructure in consequence. And privately financed in a watertight manner such that the project cannot default back to taxpayer responsibility in the future due to some loose state-underwritten guarantee.
By the way, increased capacity for leisure travel is needed across the SE airports system generally. But LGW appears to offer the most logical solution for addressing this need.