Why Heathrow?

[Cherie]

So many airports that could do with another runway ....
Luton, Birmingham, Manchester.....slap in the face for drivers who are under ULEZ restrictions.... It will be a fiercely fought battle, can't see it being built in this term?

[user104658]

They've been trying to squeeze another runway into Heathrow for over 20 years, is it looking more likely to happen this time?

[arista]

Hang On
other Airports also to be Expanded
by Reeves.

Heathrow Runway 3
is needed more urgently
as it is Packed full.

[arista]

They've been trying to squeeze another runway into Heathrow for over 20 years, is it looking more likely to happen this time?

Yes goes back much longer

[arista]

Of Course Mayor Khan
is against it.

But can not stop it

[bots]

Isn't the justification that the expansion will be green, with electric planes? You won't catch me on an electric plane :laugh:

[UserSince2005]

Gatwick needs a second runway more.

the amount of times Ive been delay travelling into gatwick because they dont have approval for a slot to land.

[user104658]

You won't catch me on an electric plane :laugh:

Well I wouldn't expect to, you'd be moving far too fast.

And in the sky.

[user104658]

Gatwick needs a second runway more.

the amount of times Ive been delay travelling into gatwick because they dont have approval for a slot to land.

Povvy airport, though you was rich.

[UserSince2005]

Povvy airport, though you was rich.

gatwick is a great airport, especially when you use the VIP terminal.

[user104658]

gatwick is a great airport, especially when you use the VIP terminal.

You want to get yourself to Heathrow with the real money.

[Cherie]

They've been trying to squeeze another runway into Heathrow for over 20 years, is it looking more likely to happen this time?

Wouldn't it be nice if they didn't just carry on old ideas but thought outside the box

[user104658]

Wouldn't it be nice if they didn't just carry on old ideas but thought outside the box

I want them to bring back the idea for the weird sky bridges for bikes, those actually sounded quite fun.

[Benjamin]

You want to get yourself to Heathrow with the real money.

Heathrow is a chaotic hell hole. I despise travelling from there.

I wish Qatar would operate from Cardiff again. Bloody Covid ruined that.

[Crimson Dynamo]

How is net zero nutjob Milliband taking this?

[arista]

By the time
Runway 3 will be Finished
More planes will be Electric
and using less bad fuel.

[Cherie]

How is net zero nutjob Milliband taking this?

He was absent today, so I would assume not well

[UserSince2005]

You want to get yourself to Heathrow with the real money.

I was there on sunday actually. :laugh: and back next week.

[bots]

i think it has a lot to do with existing infrastructure. Heathrow has it in spades, all the rest of the airports don't

[UserSince2005]

Heathrow is a chaotic hell hole. I despise travelling from there.

I wish Qatar would operate from Cardiff again. Bloody Covid ruined that.

I always expect at least an hour to get out of heathrow when landing. the taxiing the walk to passport control and the baggage all take for ever.

Gatwick is fast if landing at the south terminal. never a queue for security.

[arista]

Gatwick
is Extending its Mega Runway

[arista]

Also Cherie
She Stated

"We will work with Doncaster Council
and the Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard
to support their efforts to
recreate South Yorkshire airport city
as a thriving regional airport"

[Cherie]

Also Cherie
She Stated

"We will work with Doncaster Council
and the Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard
to support their efforts to
recreate South Yorkshire airport city
as a thriving regional airport"

The new runway at Heathrow will not be ready until 2040....:laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

If China announced a new runway at say Shanghai it would be ready in 2026

Shambles

[Cherie]

If China announced a new runway at say Shanghai it would be ready in 2026

Shambles

Well first and foremost Heathrow has to agree :laugh: and if they do there will be massive disruption to the M25 so where else would you put a new runway ...:skull: where it will cause max disruption....

Micheal O Leary was on Sky this evening saying all Rachel was talking rubbish as it would take so long to build an if she did want growth, all she had to do was to get rid of passenger airport tax and growth would be immediate....

[bots]

The new runway at Heathrow will not be ready until 2040....:laugh:

they have a ready made runway there already, it's called the M4 :laugh:

[arista]

The new runway at Heathrow will not be ready until 2040....:laugh:

https://liveblog.digitalimages.sky/lc-images-sky/lcimg-0327646e-6683-4608-adef-d24f5cba4909.jpeg

[Cherie]

What a liar she is, how is a new airport runway going to achieve growth in this Parliament and beyond, shameless

[bots]

What a liar she is, how is a new airport runway going to achieve growth in this Parliament and beyond, shameless

she thinks voters are gullible and stupid, obviously Starmer does too

[arista]

What a liar she is, how is a new airport runway going to achieve growth in this Parliament and beyond, shameless


She thinks it will be ready in 10years?
Reeves said on TV news this morning

[Cherie]

She thinks it will be ready in 10years?
Reeves said on TV news this morning

Will she still be in power in ten years?

[bots]

Will she still be in power in ten years?

She won't last this term, someone will take her down

[Cherie]

She won't last this term, someone will take her down

Khan v Reeves

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2025/01/29/TELEMMGLPICT000409714001_17381745280360_trans_NvBQ zQNjv4BqJTeZMeu5zVirdfcGQiVeGd3RT2biEQ-fg9ko75h_02c.jpeg?imwidth=500

[Beso]

Poor villagers being treated like palastinians so they can build this runway.

[AnnieK]

She has also said that no full length runways have been built since 1940 - when Manchester had a second, full length runaway built that opened in 2001 so she hasn't even got her facts right.

[Cherie]

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was grilled on her Heathrow expansion plans as she appeared live on BBC Breakfast.

Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty welcomed her onto the show to discuss her Heathrow expansion plans, with talks of a third runway being reported.

But Stayt was quick to point out her hypocrisy as he asked her: "Is it true that just a few years ago that you fought against expansion of Leeds-Bradford airport citing air and noise pollution?"

Reeves responded: "So that was in the pandemic and people weren't really flying, a lot has changed since then, including how aeroplanes fly and including sustainable aviation fuel, and as that evidence changes, I think it is right to look again at airport expansion.

"We've already as a government signed off expansion at Stansted Airport because we know how important it is to make sure Britain is connected."

Reeves went on to repeat how the changes in "how we fly" were "so important", insisting that flying was becoming more sustainable, as she added that "sustainable aviation and economic growth" could go hand in hand.

Stayt responded: "People at home have been listening very carefully to what you just said, Chancellor, I think you said you did oppose the Leeds-Bradford airport expansion because of air and noise pollution standards, and people don't like it when it when there are double standards."

Reeves tried to jump in to insist that "things had changed", but Stayt continued: "You seem to be involved in Nimbyish, where you don't want it outside your home, but now with Heathrow, you're taking an entirely different approach."

The stuttering Chancellor once again said that "things have changed", as she said that if new plans came forward at Leeds-Bradford, "she would support them".

Reeves' comments sparked a huge reaction from BBC viewers, as one raged: "Hypocrisy & makes no sense Labour have crashed economy after 7 months, yet now looking to stimulate growth by projects that will finish in 2050? Seriously?"

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/rachel-reeves-skewered-in-bbc-breakfast-clash-as-heathrow-hypocrisy-is-laid-bare/ar-AA1y6GtU?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=f358283035ac4154b3531b9a2f1f0ec8&ei=30


oop

[AnnieK]

Its the North / South divide again I think. Good enough for London and the South but not us Northerners :nono:

[Cherie]

Its the North / South divide again I think. Good enough for London and the South but not us Northerners :nono:

I think on this occasion its a case of not in my back yard for Rachel

[arista]

Poor villagers being treated like palastinians so they can build this runway.


They will get enough Money
to move.


It is a Normal Procedure.

[Cherie]

They will get enough Money
to move.


It is a Normal Procedure.

The Village has a listed Church and a primary school that has been there for 100 years and 2 popular pubs..... you cannot replace community :nono:

[Crimson Dynamo]

listen to Rachel from accounts bum up sustainable aviation fuel which is 5 times as expensive as normal fuel..

https://x.com/JamesMelville/status/1885241742703677489