Originally Posted by
jamesgrainge
You don't have to travel. Simply go to LBA. Or were you a regular user of Concorde? I think you will notice there are very few airports outside of the south east that offer long haul destinations, save a few Emirates routes. Your potential forecasts are based on the idea there is an appetite for 90% of Yorkshire jetting off to the US every year. Which they won't.
Completely untrue - go and do some research james! 2.7 million people in the North East were not far off from sustaining a frequent flight to New York. 2.7 millon people + 5.5 million in Yorkshire [current populations] who require a direct none stop flight will sustain a frequent flight to New York.
The location of the airport is critical! The airport cannot be stuck miles from motorway and main rail on top of a 700ft hill top! Cork/Copenhagen is the empiric proof that population is not being used and is being divided up (despite linking up with football teams and having giant posters!)