Fogging the Heathrow runway issue
Campaigners have slammed the idea that the proposed third runway at Heathrow would help to overcome the havoc the fog caused recently .
They have pointed to a discrepancy in the way in which airport traffic is measured, with John Stewart, Chair of HACAN ClearSkies, rejecting the argument, that because Heathrow has only two runways, London was losing out to other European cities .
Geraldine Nicholson, chair of the No Third Runway Action Group, said: "Talk of a third runway is clouding the issue .
"Are people really saying that thousands of people should be evicted from the homes and billions of pounds spent on building a new runway just to cater for a handful of foggy days ?"
Mr Stewart believes the correct way to measure whether Heathrow needed to be expanded, in order to remain competitive, is by comparing all the airports that serve a city wellbutrin sr. In London's case, that would mean Gatwick, Stanstead, Luton, London City as well as Heathrow cialis.
Mr Stewart, said: "The figures show London's airports are way ahead of their rivals in terms of passenger use.
"In 2004, 128 million passengers used London's airports, more than any other city in the world.
"Paris, London's closest European rival, was in fifth place with 73 million passengers. Frankfurt and Amsterdam were out of the top ten with 51 and 45 million passengers respectively.
Whatsmore, in the preceding 10 years, London actually increased its lead over both Paris and Frankfurt."
Christine Shilling, press officer for No Third Runway Action Group, added: "I can't see how a third runway would really help anyway in the fog. The logic of demanding a third runway to cope with fog is like the AA encouraging more of us on the roads because it's foggy."
They have pointed to a discrepancy in the way in which airport traffic is measured, with John Stewart, Chair of HACAN ClearSkies, rejecting the argument, that because Heathrow has only two runways, London was losing out to other European cities .
Geraldine Nicholson, chair of the No Third Runway Action Group, said: "Talk of a third runway is clouding the issue .
"Are people really saying that thousands of people should be evicted from the homes and billions of pounds spent on building a new runway just to cater for a handful of foggy days ?"
Mr Stewart believes the correct way to measure whether Heathrow needed to be expanded, in order to remain competitive, is by comparing all the airports that serve a city wellbutrin sr. In London's case, that would mean Gatwick, Stanstead, Luton, London City as well as Heathrow cialis.
Mr Stewart, said: "The figures show London's airports are way ahead of their rivals in terms of passenger use.
"In 2004, 128 million passengers used London's airports, more than any other city in the world.
"Paris, London's closest European rival, was in fifth place with 73 million passengers. Frankfurt and Amsterdam were out of the top ten with 51 and 45 million passengers respectively.
Whatsmore, in the preceding 10 years, London actually increased its lead over both Paris and Frankfurt."
Christine Shilling, press officer for No Third Runway Action Group, added: "I can't see how a third runway would really help anyway in the fog. The logic of demanding a third runway to cope with fog is like the AA encouraging more of us on the roads because it's foggy."
Labels: Aviation, HACAN, Heathrow Airport, NoTRAG
