by mb1 » Tue 17 Dec 2013 6:24 pm
That No expansion statement says the airport is operating at half capacity, so there could be and will be at some point, significantly more flights than when they reached their previous peak use. Don;t forget that they have new owners with a stated intention of competing to remove flights from Heathrow and Gatwick to here. They estimate 6m long haul flights per year are made by people in this area who would prefer Stansted to its competitors and that does include me. I'm torn about it, but am glad that there won;t be another runway and attendant growth.