michael<p>in this new era of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globalTradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalTradeWar</span></a> and tariffs, maybe we don't need extra <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/airport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airport</span></a> capacity at all, as there will be no extra <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> trips to accommodate? Also, transatlantic tourism is going down, as people don't want to spend their holidays in detention centres. </p><p>would be great if <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starmer</span></a> could join the dots ... </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/03/luton-airport-allowed-to-double-capacity-after-uk-government-overrules-planners" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">apr/03/luton-airport-allowed-to-double-capacity-after-uk-government-overrules-planners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heathrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heathrow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luton</span></a></p>