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Another runway somewhere in England?

#1 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:53 am

I know that this topic has been rumbling on for decades and has become a political hot potato. Will anything ever happen? The last I read in the unreliable press was that the independent commission and industrial bigwigs were in favour of the third runway at Heathrow. The government has delayed making a decision until the summer :so they say.

Just interested if anyone has any updated information on the subject. Also would be interested in people's views on the subject in relation to feasibility regarding both airport and airspace considerations.
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#2 Post by Lon » Mon Jun 20, 2016 6:14 pm

Latest news is that a third runway will benefit Scotland and N, England. How?

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#3 Post by Alisoncc » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:07 pm

If it's a north/south runway and they make it awfully long. Wouldn't need to take off, just taxi up to Carlisle. :D
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#4 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sat Jul 02, 2016 2:22 pm

So the long awaited decision has been postponed yet again. And it's the fault of the fickle Brits voting for BREXIT. I wonder what the decision was planned to be; guess we'll never know. :D

So no doubt this whole political hot potato will rumble on for a few more decades yet; Or not perhaps? Maybe huge tracts of British countryside will have been saved by BREXIT. But it will be interesting to see what happens with the aviation industry; especially as rumours abound about some companies pulling out of the UK. :-?
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#5 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:28 pm

So, the saga continues. Does this mean a decision may be forthcoming in the near future? :-?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tions.html
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#6 Post by Capetonian » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:46 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37327334

If they ever stop dithering, it will be too late. Either air travel will have become obsolete, or will have diverted to other hubs in countries able to handle it.

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#7 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Fri Oct 14, 2016 11:50 am

Looks like "the powers that be" may have finally stopped dithering;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... acity.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ge-osborne

No doubt the arguments and protests will continue. .... :)
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#8 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Oct 18, 2016 2:49 pm

The plot thickens as regards to what various MP'S will do
:-?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... -next-week
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#9 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:30 am

So, it seems that a decision will be announced this week, but will the vote planned for next year actually happen? :-?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rdict.html
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#10 Post by Boac » Wed Oct 19, 2016 9:59 am

It's good we are so decisive as a country - I recall the 'Runway' enquiry rooms in a Heathrow hotel - must have been 2001'ish?

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#11 Post by Capetonian » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:24 am

It seems the 'government' may be about to announce a 'decision' later today, that a new runway will be built at LHR, but it seems that the 'decision' isn't final, and that there could be up to 10 years of 'reports' and 'enquiries' before it happens, if it happens.

In my view, wrong decision for many reasons. Again, Boris is right.

See my comment at #6.

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#12 Post by Boac » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:47 am

It is Heathrow

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#13 Post by Capetonian » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:33 am

I think this is the beginning of years of objections and committees and appeals. Meanwhile IAG will move their ops to Dublin, where I am headed this afternoon, and Heathrow will become a white elephant.
Just my thinking.
Gatwick would have been a better, but not the best, solution.

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#14 Post by Boac » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:56 am

So, what was the 'best'?

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#15 Post by Capetonian » Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:00 pm

Boris Island.
When I was 18 I wrote a thesis about the future of air transport in the UK, and that exact solution was what I proposed. 45 years later, Boris has the same idea.

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#16 Post by Boac » Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:22 pm

Wrong part of the country for the Chelsea tractor drivers, old chap.

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#17 Post by Capetonian » Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:34 pm

And you think Ascot, Windsor, Gerrards Cross, Marlow, Weybridge ........ are the right parts.
I think the Queen shouldn't have built Windsor Castle so close to an airport.

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#18 Post by Boac » Tue Oct 25, 2016 1:53 pm

Ascot, Windsor, Gerrards Cross, Marlow, Weybridge ........ are the right parts.
No, I'm saying Heathrow is better for them.

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#19 Post by Capetonian » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:03 pm

Sorry, I see what you mean, but they're Nimbies.

My sister is a typical example. She lives in the Chalfonts. She's a 'socialist'. It gets better. She and her hubby travel longhaul business class 2 to 3 times a year, and much more frequently shorthaul. Always from LHR because it's 'convenient'. It gets better ........ they have campaigned vehemently over the years against the construction of another runway there. It's about the only thing we agree upon, but for different reasons.
They both drive Chelsea tractors as well as having a 'posh' car for when they go anywhere smart. Like all 'socialists', they're total hypocrites.

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Re: Another runway somewhere in England?

#20 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:38 pm

It seems that the consensus of opinion is that it won't happen

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... w-go-ahead 8-|

And now my tin hat is coming out 8-}

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... commission
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