If Heathrow has to cancel 20% of flights , to allow for more separation ,between aeroplanes , for safety
why not just run the airport longer for a while , into the early hours of the morning
to clear the back log , and if other Europe airports did the same , it would work

Don't think the locals would be too happy!

its only for a short time , how can they object ?
they same people would not be happy if their flights were cancelled , for a holiday
another reason for an extra runway

Ermmmm .... no thanks ...lol. I don't want them flying over all night thank you

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I do not suffer fools !!!!!

Same here, I would hate to live in Cranford. I don't know why people buy houses under then flightpath ?

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Lets be careful out there !

plus the arival and departure time would also affect airports all ovr the world.

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Its not always the biggest and the bestest, its them that make the least mistakes.

My son used to live in Stanwell and the noise from the planes there was dreadful. People living under the flight path deserve a bit of peace and quiet in the small hours I think

And it shows that 3 runways would be ridiculous ! We can't keep 2 open so adding another would just mean more cancelled flights

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I do not suffer fools !!!!!

Sounds like LHR solved the problems of the snowfall closures of 2010 by buying a lot more snow clearing equipment to keep the runways and taxi ways clear....

All in all they have done a good job with this and kept them relatively clear. Shame they forgot about the de-icing kit where many captains have been waiting for up to 4 or 5 hours for the de-ice truck to reach their aircraft.

This is what is causing the delays not the poor visibility they are touting on the media......