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Comment on this article
Liam Meehan
June 27, 2014 at 2:29 pmThere is only one real option to expand capacity for London and that option is Heathrow. As a freight forwarder why would I want to move away from my customers in the M3-M4-M40 corridor to some Godforsaken island in the middle of a river? I recently travelled through Gatwick and it poses no real alternative to Heathrow. If the M23 has an accident on it then it’s effectively game over. We had a fire alarm in the terminal and LGW staff were conspicuous by their absence and apparently any real plan. Gatwick is chaotic, shambolic and not the impression I want inbound travellers to get of Britain as a first one. Heathrow is established, efficient and capable of handling the volume, bear in mind we already operate at 99% of capacity regular basis. Give us the capacity and we’ll use it. People come to London to see the sights of the West End, the history, pomp and circumstance; not the bright lights of Redhill! They also come to trade with their customers and suppliers in the Thames Valley, not the Thames estuary. I agree with the article, the politicians need to grow a pair and go for Heathrow.