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Any info if tomorrow's rotation to Riyadh (BD775) will be operated by A332 via Athens?
I don't know what tomorrow's flight will be.
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Quote: "CZ plans to introduce A380 and B787 on its LHR-CAN-SYD route
China Southern to run Airbus A380, Boeing 787 on Sydney-London route - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller
LHR-CAN-SYD: 10575 mi
LHR-BKK-SYD: 10620 mi
LHR-SIN-SYD: 10672 mi
LHR-KUL-SYD: 10681 mi
LHR-DXB-SYD: 10901 mi"
Don't forget the shortest route: LHR-HKG-SYD, 10,555 mi.(?)
China Southern to run Airbus A380, Boeing 787 on Sydney-London route - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller
LHR-CAN-SYD: 10575 mi
LHR-BKK-SYD: 10620 mi
LHR-SIN-SYD: 10672 mi
LHR-KUL-SYD: 10681 mi
LHR-DXB-SYD: 10901 mi"
Don't forget the shortest route: LHR-HKG-SYD, 10,555 mi.(?)
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Heathrow's owners have a new business partner !!!
Ferrovial has just sold 20% of BAA to the Qatar sovereign wealth fund.
Full story here . . . . . . Qatar buys 20% stake in BAA « The Airport Informer
Full story here . . . . . . Qatar buys 20% stake in BAA « The Airport Informer
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Don't forget the shortest route: LHR-HKG-SYD, 10,555 mi.(?)
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Any info if tomorrow's rotation to Riyadh (BD775) will be operated by A332 via Athens?
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Quote: "Heathrow's owners have a new business partner !!!
Ferrovial has just sold 20% of BAA to the Qatar sovereign wealth fund.
Full story here . . . . . . Qatar buys 20% stake in BAA « The Airport Informer"
Looks like the Qatari Sovereign wealth Fund also thinks that LHR is not closing within the next 20 years, so another nail in the coffin of the Thames fantasy island airport.
Ferrovial has just sold 20% of BAA to the Qatar sovereign wealth fund.
Full story here . . . . . . Qatar buys 20% stake in BAA « The Airport Informer"
Looks like the Qatari Sovereign wealth Fund also thinks that LHR is not closing within the next 20 years, so another nail in the coffin of the Thames fantasy island airport.
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Huge Fire Raging near Heathrow
Flights may be affected, a thick pall of black smoke can be seen as far as the Olympic village.
Full story here . . . . . Huge fire rages near Heathrow, flights affected « The Airport Informer
Full story here . . . . . Huge fire rages near Heathrow, flights affected « The Airport Informer
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3rd runway
I've read with interest much discussion on PPrune about boris island being a fantasy and the best way to grow is by expanding LHR. I am inclined to agree but I don't see where a 3rd runway could be accomodated given the local contraints of major roads? Could someone enlighten me as to what the proposal, if any, would be?
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Quote: "I've read with interest much discussion on PPrune about boris island being a fantasy and the best way to grow is by expanding LHR. I am inclined to agree but I don't see where a 3rd runway could be accomodated given the local contraints of major roads? Could someone enlighten me as to what the proposal, if any, would be?"
The third rwy will be located on land north of Heathrow between the A4, which currently forms the northern boundary of LHR, and the M4 motorway. It will be about 1 mi. north of 10L/27R (the "northern runway"), and parallel to it. Although this area is relatively unurbanised, there are some villages and one of these, Sipson, will be demolished.
The link road between LHR and the M4 will be diverted and part of it may be tunnelised. Parts of the A4 will also need to be tunnelised to allow for taxyways to the expanded airport. There will also be another terminal and associated infrastructure including a railway station, and another fire station will be mandatory.
The new rwy is intended to be about 7,000 feet long, so a little over half the length of the 2 existing rwys, and will be used by smaller and quieter aircraft. The largest jets will remain confined to the two existing rwys.
Hope this helps.
The third rwy will be located on land north of Heathrow between the A4, which currently forms the northern boundary of LHR, and the M4 motorway. It will be about 1 mi. north of 10L/27R (the "northern runway"), and parallel to it. Although this area is relatively unurbanised, there are some villages and one of these, Sipson, will be demolished.
The link road between LHR and the M4 will be diverted and part of it may be tunnelised. Parts of the A4 will also need to be tunnelised to allow for taxyways to the expanded airport. There will also be another terminal and associated infrastructure including a railway station, and another fire station will be mandatory.
The new rwy is intended to be about 7,000 feet long, so a little over half the length of the 2 existing rwys, and will be used by smaller and quieter aircraft. The largest jets will remain confined to the two existing rwys.
Hope this helps.
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from The Guardian newspaper: Interactive: map of the planned third runway at Heathrow | Environment | guardian.co.ukfrom January 2009 and still available at time of posting thislink.
Interesting little leak planted by someone from the government in the Conservative Party's favourite newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, that The Girlie, alias UK Transport Secretary Justine Greening 
may well be dumped from the job, principally it appears because of her opposition to Heathrow expansion.
Cabinet reshuffle is driven by plans for Heathrow expansion - Telegraph
What a narrow-minded government minister we have had in The Girlie for the last couple of years, who thinks the opinions of her Sunday morning cocktail party mates in their elegant houses up West Hill in Putney about Heathrow air traffic are more important than any national economic and transport decisions as the responsible Secretary of State, which of course is what she is paid her substantial salary to be.
Will Jeremy Hunt, MP for the Surrey Hills, be any better ? Let us hope so.
may well be dumped from the job, principally it appears because of her opposition to Heathrow expansion.Cabinet reshuffle is driven by plans for Heathrow expansion - Telegraph
What a narrow-minded government minister we have had in The Girlie for the last couple of years, who thinks the opinions of her Sunday morning cocktail party mates in their elegant houses up West Hill in Putney about Heathrow air traffic are more important than any national economic and transport decisions as the responsible Secretary of State, which of course is what she is paid her substantial salary to be.
Will Jeremy Hunt, MP for the Surrey Hills, be any better ? Let us hope so.
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Another couple of quotes from the Independant over the last couple of days:
Justine Greening could become the first Cabinet Minister to be removed from her job because she supports Government policy, it was suggested yesterday.
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Change of heart on airport expansion
December 2003 Alistair Darling backs a third runway "to meet the pressures we know we'll face as a result of a growing economy".
June 2008 David Cameron burnishes green credentials to oppose third runway, declaring: "We are not going to drop the environmental agenda in an economic downturn."
January 2009 Government approves plans.
May 2010 Conservative manifesto pledges to "stop the third runway".
October 2011 Justine Greening, MP for Putney who opposes expansion at Heathrow, appointed Transport Secretary.
March 2012 IoS reveals George Osborne wants a third runway "back on the table".
I fully believe a third runway at LHR should be included as part of the discussions & JG will need to be moved to enable that to take place. However as the timeline above shows neither the govt not the opposition has a clear direction let alone anything resembling a policy on aviation, so it's perhaps a little unfair to blame the lady for doing what she was originally put there to do!!
As they say: a week is a long time in politics. Last weeks flavour of the month now appears to be highly poisonous!
Another couple of quotes from the Independant over the last couple of days:
Justine Greening could become the first Cabinet Minister to be removed from her job because she supports Government policy, it was suggested yesterday.
...&...
Change of heart on airport expansion
December 2003 Alistair Darling backs a third runway "to meet the pressures we know we'll face as a result of a growing economy".
June 2008 David Cameron burnishes green credentials to oppose third runway, declaring: "We are not going to drop the environmental agenda in an economic downturn."
January 2009 Government approves plans.
May 2010 Conservative manifesto pledges to "stop the third runway".
October 2011 Justine Greening, MP for Putney who opposes expansion at Heathrow, appointed Transport Secretary.
March 2012 IoS reveals George Osborne wants a third runway "back on the table".
I fully believe a third runway at LHR should be included as part of the discussions & JG will need to be moved to enable that to take place. However as the timeline above shows neither the govt not the opposition has a clear direction let alone anything resembling a policy on aviation, so it's perhaps a little unfair to blame the lady for doing what she was originally put there to do!!
As they say: a week is a long time in politics. Last weeks flavour of the month now appears to be highly poisonous!
Jeremy Hunt! For goodness sake.
On the politics - couldn't the Tories just go it alone without the Lib Dems rather than wait for the next election? The Labour MPs will support a 3rd runway won't they?
On the politics - couldn't the Tories just go it alone without the Lib Dems rather than wait for the next election? The Labour MPs will support a 3rd runway won't they?
They won't support it if there's a chance of embarrassing the Conservatives in Parliament. That's much more important to them then the economics and the livelihoods of the country.
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Really cannot see what all the fuss is about re 3rd runway, it will be 10 years before its built and by then Paris, Frankfurt will be miles ahead...!
Heathrow is growing at 8% per annum.
Last year handled 70M , that 5.6m per year, demand on the new runway would be swallowed up in less than 3 years..... is it really worth it ?
Heathrow is growing at 8% per annum.
Last year handled 70M , that 5.6m per year, demand on the new runway would be swallowed up in less than 3 years..... is it really worth it ?