Flybe tror ikke lyntog vil erstatte fly i UK

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UK: Minister says domestic flights ‘thing of the past’
(Source : Financial Times, June 27, 2010)

Flying within the UK is heading for extinction, the transport secretary, Philip Hammond has claimed. “Domestic flying in the UK will become in time a thing of the past,” he said. Hammond, whose govt has banned new runways at the country’s three largest airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, says fast train links will be critical to addressing growing demand for air travel. But several airlines cast doubt on the idea domestic flights would become extinct, not least the country’s largest domestic operator, Flybe. Airports “UK domestic aviation will be unaffected by the limited, London-centric nature of any high-speed rail investment that might be forthcoming over the next few decades,” it said.

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