Sentences with phrase «more runway capacity»
The chancellor told the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1: «We need more runway capacity in the south east of England.
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The Chancellor, George Osborne, in an interview in September 2012, stated: «I'm firmly in the camp of we need more airport capacity in the south - east of England, we need more runway capacity in the south - east of England.»
Not exact matches
While additional runway space is clearly needed, could more investment in technology innovation provide a more long - term answer to the South East's air travel capacity challenge?
Heathrow was also becoming increasingly uncompetitive in relation to other major European airports; although it handled more passengers per year than any other European airport, it had less runway capacity than competing major European hub airports.
The shortage of runway capacity at Heathrow has led to an airport charging philosophy that implies a need for more passengers per aircraft and this by default has become the only method by which passenger numbers through Heathrow can grow.
The upgrade is designed to allow it to make serve more passengers in its terminals and make fuller use of its current runway capacity.
The second runway, parallel to the existing one, allows for simultaneous takeoffs and landings, thereby increasing operating capacity to more than 80 takeoffs or landings per hour.