"Jim Mason" <jim.mason@removethisukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.22e841f3e588a46898984c@news.individual.ne t...
> In article <6e6ojkF5jomdU1@mid.>, tims_new_home.uk
> says...
>>
>> <fly.scotland@.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1ae518bf-4e57-4b61-95ae-9c03b671435c@d77g2000hsb..com...
>> > Just a shame that there will be hardly any flights or passengers to
>> > use it. 9 per cent drop in passengers since last year...... Methinks
>> > most of this development will be retail led rather than for the
>> > comfort of the passenger....
>>
>> This sort of development is usually part of a long term plan.
>>
>> I bet it will be well see much increased use as soon as the railway link
>> is
>> built.
>
> If the railway link passenger number projections are correct then there
> will be no overall increase in passenger numbers through it at GLA -
> merely
> a very slight shift from car to rail use. The only way numbers are going
> to
> increase is if sustainable services are introduced to replace the falling
> number of holiday charter services at GLA.
Agreed. A train link to the city centre won't cause more people to fly but
direct air links to many more of the most popular city destinations/sources
of visitors and major European hubs will.
C