On 04/11/2011 17:50, Neil Williams wrote:
On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:45:33 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:
Which is why, currently there is a curfew at LHR. The claim for
Borisport is that it will operate 24/7.

That sort of depends on destination - I can't see a lot of demand for
0300 departures to many places, nor really arrivals at that sort of time.


Remember you are dealing with a globe. Already there have been
complaints that because of the curfew at Heathrow other cities,
especially in the east, get late night departures/arrivals.

Also 24/7 operation gives you another 400 take-off and landing slots a
day. Double that if you could actually make the double twin runway
layout work.

The other elephant in the room that the Halcrow/Foster plan ignores is
that even if Borisport gets built it doesn't mean that Heathrow will
shut down.

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