I do wonder if our stand situation is going to meet demand going forward.
I think in S15 best average was 40 departures in and 30 inbound at absolute peak period. I assume we had circa 88 available stands.
With Gatwick now likely to get the nod re their proposals I checked their revised stand availability.
This comes in at a whopping 269 !!!!
Whilst we are a 2 runway airport albeit constrained by crossing limitations should our stand availability pro rata not be much higher ?
If every stand in summer is full, the inability to provide additional space will have a knock on effect in terms of the possible sectors (3?) that a based aircraft could also then operate.
88 does seem a proportionately low figure.