London Banter - View Single Post - "Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Ministers mull rail link" (twixt the two)

Roland Perry · October 11th 11, 11:26 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

In message , at 10:25:08 on Tue, 11 Oct
2011, d remarked:
You have to wonder just how many more flights will be needed to
satisfy the future demand for air travel.

Who knows, thought its not written in stone that supply always has to
fulfil demand. Sometimes someone has to step in and say enough is enough
no matter what vested interests it ****es off.

There are only a certain number of aircraft in the world, and they are
built at a very finite pace. That, and the obsolescence of old aircraft,
is a natural limiter, irrespective of the number of runways.

To that extent it's very similar to the UK railway system, in terms of
the number of trains that can be run.

(Yes, I'm aware of planes stored in the desert, but these days the
majority of airlines increase their fleet by buying new and efficient
aircraft, it's not worth using the old ones).
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Roland Perry