But what we have to remember is that Manchester has 2 runways, does it really need that second one with those passenger figures?! Although Stansted has a proposed second runway, it manages perfectly well on one. Take a look at Gatwick, handling more than 30 million pax on one runway. I think people over exagerate things such as expansion sometimes. Maybe they should think a bit more carefully about what they’re doing, especially in the South-East. I think one of the best ways is to operate many more regional airports to their full capactity, don’t worry too much about bombarding already established airports with more runways, until it really does get desperate (as is the case with LGW).

God knows why they’re so stupid, but they are! Sitting in my kitchen once making toast, looked out the window into the garden, then all of a sudden, wallop! A crow flew at full speed straight into the window, killing itself and leaving a nice mess for my dad to clear up! So bloody funny, couldnt stop laughing for the next week whenever I thought about it!

No T5, I’m not actually going to Thailand. I’m going to the Malaysian island of Borneo, in the rainforests where I think Malaria tablets are very highly recommended.

Sounds like the weather should be good, and I think even when it does rain it’s so hot, it’ll soon be over with anyway!

A great insight there, thanks! It looks like there must be a fairly complex go-around procedure in operation, if a plane has to go around landing on RWY17 whilst a plane is taking off on RWY21.

I think it is G-SSWA, in which case it is currently owned by Emeral Airways. 🙂

P.S. It’s a Shorts 330 😉 Note the two tail fins, Shorts 360’s have the more modern looking, single tail fin.

Nice report, and great pics to go with it. I like the sunrise line-up shot 😉