"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message
, at
08:55:32 on Sat, 8 Oct 2011, allantracy
remarked:
the Tories (sorry coalition's) secret agenda is to turn Birmingham Airport
into another London Airport, using HS2 as the mechanism,

Why a secret, it's a pretty obvious way to increase (air) capacity at much
lower low cost/impact than a third runway at Heathrow.

But it only works if turn up and go fares are available at rock bottom
prices, which is almost certainly unlikely to happen
..
No-one (outside the natural catchment area) is going to chose to fly from
Birmingham (as an alternative to London) if it costs 200 pounds return to
get there

Tim