... who may be Doug <jagmad@riseup.net> wrote this:- BAA was besieged with hundreds of calls from the public yesterday asking if they would be barred from Heathrow..." BAA plc do seem to have done a McDonald's on themselves. I think it great ....travelandtransport is worth reading for a view by those who BAA are trying to oppress. The opinion piece at http://blogs...

.... Like wise the passenger handling fee is lost to BAA. While I don't doubt some of those transit passengers would be ... of a new, bigger, store in Greater Piddleton, so why should BAA? OTOH, if it is claimed to be a strategic necessity then ISTM that transfer pax are of little benefit to the bulk of GB PLC and should be disregarded when assessing the strategic need. Tim

... believe that, you are a fool, the only people to benifit from the increase in air traffic are the sharholders of BAA, all foreign! Yes, TOTALLY WRONG! In 2005 tourism was for us in UK PLC a net LOSS of over £21 billion. We fly out and spend overseas, fewer people fly in. Irrelevent as people ...

... people to benifit from the increase in air traffic are the sharholders of BAA, all foreign! Yes, TOTALLY WRONG! In 2005 tourism was for us in UK PLC a net LOSS of over £21 billion. We fly out and spend overseas... as few would leave the airport, so all the loot would go into BAA's coffers. So does expansion boost the local economy? Sorry, no, at...