HACAN calls for a cut in Heathrow short haul flights
more than a fifth of all flights currently using Heathrow were to and from destinations
where there is already a good rail service. It showed that Paris, with 60 flights
a day, is Heathrow’s top destination. Amsterdam, in second place, has 50 flights
each day. And Brussels, just over two hours from London by train, has 30 daily
flights. The report showed that there are over 100,000 flights serving the twelve
destinations with good rail alternatives. Last year the total number of flights
using Heathrow was 473,000. (HACAN press release)