On 8/18/2007 4:15 AM david_r98@... jumped down, turned around,
and wrote:
> On Aug 17, 3:43 pm, Jim McCarthy
> wrote:
>> You must be a braindead cretin, that you fail to realise that many. many
>> readers of the ng are travellers to Europe, many through Heathrow!!
>>
>> Of course they are interested in all the problems with Heathrow.
>>
> Not really. Flights through Heathrow are generally a bit cheaper than
> those using other airports. And that is all that matters, isn't it?
Eh? Given that the likes of Ryanair and easyJet don't even operate out
of Heathrow, that's not generally true. Heathrow is the biggest of
London's five metro-area airports, and has (well, had) the capacity to
handle the big jets, as can be seen by all the 747s parked at the
terminals. But flights to Gatwick can be, and often are, cheaper, and
for flights to the Continent, Luton, Stansted, and Gatwick are often
much cheaper alternatives than Heathrow.
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