sweet soul
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Post by sweet soul on Jan 13, 2009 10:57:23 GMT
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 13, 2009 11:01:21 GMT
Dubai has the money to spend, plenty of land to expand into and no need for planning applications.
(and the weather is warmer - no contest)
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Post by Libby on Jan 13, 2009 12:44:17 GMT
Six runways planned for an airport in Dubai, whereas Heathrow are struggling to get a third in place. No contest.
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Post by minge tightly on Jan 13, 2009 12:50:47 GMT
Can't say i'm bothered in the slightest.
Incidentally there was probably one of the most abject and pathetic debates on Newsnight yesterday about the Heathrow third runway/Plane Stupid protests between two nomarks that would have shamed a sixth form argument.
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Post by joliet on Jan 13, 2009 12:59:01 GMT
Planes are being flown half full or even empty just so airlines can keep their slots. How is this conducive to a capacity airport?
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Post by justmyopinion on Jan 13, 2009 13:20:10 GMT
Planes are being flown half full or even empty just so airlines can keep their slots. How is this conducive to a capacity airport? Quite correct. BMI do it for certain. |
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 13, 2009 13:22:41 GMT
Perhaps the missing passengers couldn't get past the protesters outside the front door ?
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Post by flatandy on Jan 13, 2009 15:02:41 GMT
The problem Dubai has as being a major international hub is that, well, it's 5 hours from Europe, 12 hours from the East coast of the US (and more from the west), many hours from the far east, and basically, not really that near to where most people with money on business flights actually want to go. Who would go from Europe to the US via Dubai? Maybe for people travelling to the far east from Europe, or to Africa from Europe, it makes sense. But no many other places.
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 13, 2009 15:19:38 GMT
What about all the billionaire Captains of Industry, Sports stars and assorted celebs who live in Dubai ?
They need to travel back to their office / sports field / film shoot etc.
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Post by tarrant on Jan 13, 2009 18:33:07 GMT
Excuse me if I'm missing something but if passengers are prepared to fly to Dubai to get to Europe, why cannot the airport authorities build a decent airport out in the sticks, say near Swindon, and build a high speed railway to London?
Why does everything need to be crammed into the limited space in London?
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Post by newyorker on Jan 13, 2009 18:50:01 GMT
Bad move, Dubai's money is going to be gone shortly, we're going to make oil obsolete, those cities in arabia are going to become the arab version of Old West ghost towns.
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radge
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Post by radge on Jan 13, 2009 18:52:18 GMT
totally NY. they'll all get their cumupance!!! spending like its fine, they deserve a plague
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Post by tarrant on Jan 13, 2009 19:07:38 GMT
If Dubai is a viable transit point for Europe, then it really doesn't matter if it has much cash or not. People will go there simply because it's the transit point.
That still doesn't answer the question, Why London?
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 13, 2009 19:08:13 GMT
The Emirates a ghost town ?........... Are you mad ?
Dubai and possibly Bahrein will take over as the holiday destination of choice (clear waters, fantastic coral reefs, literally thousands of miles of beaches, some of the best hotels in the world) and the Med will become a poluted backwater.
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radge
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Post by radge on Jan 13, 2009 19:10:23 GMT
theyre about to fall on their cutlasses!!!
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