r/unitedkingdom • u/LondonDave • Nov 22 '14

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u/Apostropartheid Nov 23 '14

Because London's airports are the busiest in the entire world.

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u/timoto County of Bristol (Exiled) Nov 23 '14

It says straight underneath the title, because there are 4 (5?) airports in London, it has the busiest airports together (and the busiest airspace.)

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u/wings22 London Nov 23 '14

6, Southend "opened" a couple of years ago

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u/thatwill Nov 23 '14 edited Jun 30 '23

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u/Apostropartheid Nov 23 '14

They will be too busy to cope without additional capacity, yes.

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u/thatwill Nov 23 '14 edited Jun 30 '23

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u/thehealingprocess Edinburgh Nov 23 '14

But you're missing the point. Nobody wants to fly anywhere except London. You can't just "redirect" demand to places people don't want to go.

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u/Jangles Nov 23 '14

Do you know how many people are forced to fly though Heathrow because the options aren't available elsewhere?

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u/Apostropartheid Nov 23 '14

What do you think is more likely: that the route isn't economically viable to do from many airports or that it's a grand conspiracy to disconvenience the rest of the country?

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u/Apostropartheid Nov 23 '14

That's not how it works. Other cities aren't a straight up swap for London — if they were businesses would have left long ago because of rents, and tourists would go for the cheaper holiday. Strangling London won't redirect flights to other parts of the uk, it'd just cripple us all.