faroukfarouk
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Well, it's a popular route; and these days you can fly from Manchester as well, I think.
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faroukfarouk
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I have flown to Manchester and so did my wife at a different time; and it's gotten enormous now.
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They're constantly upgrading the airports, more and more people go abroad nowadays and this is reflected in aircraft numbers.
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faroukfarouk
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I remember when you guys over the Pond simply called the airport at Manchester Ringway, when it was a lot smaller.
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Yeah years ago, there is a small airport at Doncaster, can only take a handful of planes.
There are quite a lot of runways in the UK, it's surprising.
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faroukfarouk
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Isn't Doncaster the one they are now calling Sheffield City or something? I once looked it all up. Over here, with Canada being so big, air is just about the only lifeline for some communities.
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faroukfarouk
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I think Doncaster Airport mainly serves London and Continental charters, right?
Here a lot of the vacation flights are to the US and the Caribbean.
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faroukfarouk
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Over here increasingly the concept of airports tends to be Aerotropolis as a business model: just as railroads drove economic growth in the 19th century and freeways drove it in the 20th century, so now airports are a major economic driver in their own right. But I think the British government still regards them somewhat as a cash cow, what with APD duty, which so often drives tourists away.
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faroukfarouk
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Unfortunately with Britain's arcane planning rules and politicians that seem to regard airports as pumps to suck cash from, the convenience of the travelling public and the long term economic health of regions do not seem to score very highly with British politicians, compared with the situation in some other countries.
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faroukfarouk
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Out West, where the horizons are often not so affected by city lights, is a good area from which to see the skies.
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