Originally Posted by
Vokes55
Whilst we're on the subject, Gatwick has 18% more movements and 14% more passengers per runway than Heathrow, in it's current state
So you're saying that Gatwick actually has
fewer passengers per movement than Heathrow ?
Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
So, for your assertion to be true that a second runway at Gatwick would provide double the increase in capacity compared to a new Heathrow runway, LGW R2 would have to be capable of handling nearly half a million movements per year (unless you're suggesting that the average number of pax per movement would be much higher at LGW than at LHR).
Then that makes your numbers even more dubious.