There is not a cat in hells chance they would consider Teeside, Doncaster, Exeter, Newquay et al. !
Clearly not, like BA, U2 do not have small enough aircraft.
@Trinity09L
What about the inevitable forthcoming claims by the elites that Heathrow will need a 4th runway if a 3rd is ever improved.
Indeed I know one such "captain of industry". He thinks Heathrow should have 4 runways plus extra terminals to suit. The locals can either move, go fk themselves or frankly be stuck up against a wall........he really does not care about them at all.
Needless to say he does not live near the place.
As a local flightpath resident, would say that this
is a good idea and
neccesary.
Four rwys: two for take offs two for landings would allow segregated mode, alternation, and the present level of respite for residents to continue, so no question of residents having to "
go fk themselves or frankly be stuck up against a wall".
Also bear in mind how quiet and clean aircraft will be by the time 2 rwys were built and that most of us will be dead.
I did suggest a better alternative might be a new hub along the route of HS2 North West of London (Bucks/Northhants area) with the same sort of transport time H.Kong airport is from the city......knowing full well that this was rather closer to his home, Strange to report he did not like that suggestion at all........
Been here before, in 1971, it was called "Cublington".
HKG is about as far from Hong Kong as LHR is from London. The train takes 25 minutes with two stops en route. Need to be realistic, no train will do the journey to/from your proposed Bucks/Northhants (Milton Keynes?) airport in 25 minutes, and forget about HS2, that's headed for the chop.
What you don't explain is:
(1) why it is justified to waste public money (the private sector won't touch it) on a brand new airport some 60-70 mi. north west of London when the infrastructure already exists just 20 mi. west and can be expanded;
(2) how does one cope with airport capacity increases in the 50 or more intervening years before this white elephant airport could open;
(3) how does one overcome the simple fact that Heathrow cannot be closed because the government doesn't own it and its owners would be unlikely to take such a
kamikaze course of action, so there is no way that carriers would leave Heathrow.
Sounds like a reheated equivelant of Boris Island.