Another runway somewhere in England?

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Re: Another runway somewhere in England?

#61 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:00 am

Looks like the LHR third runway will happen after all; https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ........or will someone seek to throw another legal spanner into the works? :-?
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Re: Another runway somewhere in England?

#62 Post by Undried Plum » Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:52 am

Edinburgh needs another runway.

There's plenty of land for a Rwy 24R to be built along the axis of the Almond.

When I were a lad the were three operational runways, and that was in the days when there were only a couple of dozen scheduled flights a day. Until Covid, they were doing around 1.2 million pax a month. The shopping malls and car parks have been greatly increased in capacity, as have the cargo facilities, but only having one runway is bonkers.

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Re: Another runway somewhere in England?

#63 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:16 pm

See RAF Aldergrove has closed. Where do the University Air Squadron operate out of now? Found the answer, Leuchars. OK. Had a mate who was the Sqn boss at Aldergrove. Not a bad posting.
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