Reply To: Buses, not runways, at LHR

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The article talks about increasing capacity on the existing runways: “Other initiatives include more efficient use of the runway so that planes could take off and land closer together.” The idea is to increase the number of aircraft movements and to use new bus gates to cope with the inevitable gate shortage.

As for overcrowding in the terminal building, have you ever seen how many sheep can fit in a transporter? It’s extraordinary how densely organic matter can be packed if the creatures concerned have no choice.