Discussion

MR S. DE LANGE, Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam What options were available in the development of Gatwick Airport - that is, new terminal and runway, new runway or just a new terminal? What criteria influenced the final decision?

The present percentage volume of passengers using the Gatwick Express is 57%; what was it before the introduction of the high-speed train?

MR G. D. BELL (Paper 8) In July 1974, the UK Government cancelled the Maplin project, a scheme to construct a twoterminal, two-runway airport on Maplin Sands at the eastern end of the Southend peninsula in the Thames estuary. It did so for four reasons: