Can we not insist that aircraft on short-haul flights should not be required to fill their tanks to capacity?
Expanding airports in the south to provide extra capacity for short-haul air travel is surely the wrong strategy.
This would be very difficult to do on the short-haul buses.
The first pier from the short-haul building will take about nine to twelve months to build.
I would therefore think that we have to separate the manner in which we deal with these short-haul passengers.
Secondly, the use of wide-bodied aeroplanes on short-haul routes will increase.
We must realise, however, that these aircraft would be relatively small—probably 100-seat aircraft—and probably short-haul aircraft.
Its competitiveness and enthusiasm will be illustrated by its response to tender for a prototype short-haul diesel.
