On 15 Mar, 09:04, Paul Terry wrote:
In message , Roland Perry
writes

In message , at 06:25:39 on Mon,
15 Mar 2010, Paul Terry remarked:
The figures are from a HACAN report of 2006. I think you're right in
suspecting that they include codeshares - no doubt to bolster their
case
They are so wrong that all they do is invalidate the argument of anyone
relying upon them.

I wouldn't go that far: numerous other authorities give much the same
list of destinations as the most popular from Heathrow, even though the
precise order depends on the counting system used (just departures, or
departures and arrivals, and whether by number of flights or by
passenger numbers).

The point is that, of the most popular destinations, many are domestic,
hence the need for HS2 to serve Heathrow.

If the passengers on the flights to Heathrow are for connections to
further afield, then the proposed solution of changing at Old Oak
Common will actually be as quick as wandering around the airport
especially if it includes changing terminals. Any Heathrow HS2 station
would have to have a second form of transport to get to the terminals,
so most of the 'advantage' would be lost at the cost of delaying
services into central London. The difficult bit will be getting HS2
into the airline booking system to give seamless ticketing. DB seem to
have managed this at Frankfurt for connections from Koln and
Stuttgart.

If the passengers are flying to Heathrow in order to get to London,
then diverting the HS2 through Heathrow will be of no advantage.