Heathrow - Additional Runway

Hopefully when the extra runway is built there will also be a direct, non stop, london terminal link to take a dedicated train service (the tube is absolutely appalling - and yes I have travelled it with suitcases)

As regards Manston, that is a no go as it is in the middle of nowhere with no Motorway nor rail links.

Just as Heathrow is hundreds of miles away from most of the UK.

Just as Heathrow is hundreds of miles away from most of the UK.

Write your comments here...You would have thought that having committed themselves to HS2 that by the time this was built it could have joined up with a new runway at Birmingham, thus helping most UK residents instead of the South East (again)

Living some 400 miles from.Londonshire I do not have any preference and don't really care which airport houses the extra capacity for air traffic in that area.

A couple of points for the discussion :-   , I predict a huge income for Lawyers working for disagreeing factions and ---- There seems to be,a great deal of nimbyism around the decision.

The question is :- does the UK actually need expansion solely in the London area or could airports further north be utilised to increase airport traffic.

K

No contest build it ASAP.

I don't live near Heathrow but in Essex. Did have relatives that lived by the flight for 40 plus years.  As the years have passed the journey has become a nightmare, as have so many! The M25 could be a three quarter of an hour run or two and a half depending on sheer volume of traffic. For me not supporting Heathrow is not NIMBYism but born of witnessing the over stretched infrastructure plus the amount of people who have and continue to have their life blighted by the lack of decisions and legal challenges. All I can see is how much it is costing the taxpayer to stand still. I also think the real winners will be the legal profession.  Even if the runway and terminals are built by private finance they won't pay for any, if they can avoid it, infrastructure.  Surely the airlines could offer flights from Birmingham, Manchester Glasgow Edinburgh etc where there is extra capacity? There was a grieght handling company commenting that they cannot find capacity for all the cargo so they forward it on, presumably by road, to European airports. Again WHY if there is capacity in this country????? As someone has said HS2 is under construction so travel to the regions should be easier? That was how it was justified

I know little about such things but it seems commonsense to keep the business in the UK rather than shoot ourselves in the foot  sending it to the continent

One of the problems at regional airports is that connecting flights often have to be outside the UK, I think Amsterdam is one example. I feel so sorry for the people who will lose their homes and communities. The runway goes right through the M25 west, can't imagine what this will mean for all concerned.

Is this an example for 'blue sky thinking' 'pushing the envelope' type responses to a really HUGE issue with even bigger consequences? Its a capacity problem that needed solving years ago, if the third runway ever gets built we will still be running to catch up.

One of the problems at regional airports is that connecting flights often have to be outside the UK, I think Amsterdam is one example. I feel so sorry for the people who will lose their homes and communities. The runway goes right through the M25 west, can't imagine what this will mean for all concerned.

...That is why in this country we need the extra capacity and to compete with Amsterdam,  which is a Main hub Airport for  mainland europe, a lot of Long Haul traffic already goes via there ,and Heathrow as I said earlier is at capacity,  and needs more space to give more for the shorthaul feeders,   which given the small size of the UK makes all  areas within easy reach by internal flights   ,without billions of pounds of investment to build  a new airport somewhere with the same or more capacity,

Which is precisely why I suggested Lynham!

TF