London City Airport: Ministers back £344m expansion - BBC News
Not Manchester news as such BUT just an observation.
£344m to expand London City.
A modest new terminal and 7...yes 7 new stands. Creating a storm of media interest for the "national good".
It does make the MAN £1bn expansion and the mega increase in capacity appear excellent value for money by comparison ...
Bagso. You may be right but alternatively it could indicate that: -
a) there is more to LCY's expansion than you pick out in your comment hence understating what the investment will deliver, or
b) MAG is delivering the T2 expansion on the cheap (so overstating what the investment will deliver) or
c) somewhere in between...
The expanded terminal at LCY will have a capacity of 6.5 million pax a year which I believe is greater than that of T3 at MAN. The work also includes a new parallel taxiway (oh for such a thing for 23L/5R). Also, seven additional stands is six more than the Manchester development programme will deliver...(tongue firmly planted in cheek...!)