Manchester Airport in Gatwick bid

The MEN are reporting that Manchester Airport Group (MAG) have launched their bid to buy Gatwick.

This comes one month after the confidential report, "Manchester Airports Group Corporate Strategy", was presented to December's executive committee, and 5 days after Manchester's "Call to Action" Climate Change plan was presented to the same committee.

Liberal Democrats and Green groups were unimpressed with the exclusion of aviation emmissions from the CO2 reduction targets.

Leader of the Manchester Liberal Democrats, Cllr Ashley said: "No climate change policy worth its salt would let Manchester Airport off the hook. Labour's do-nothing line on the airport reminds me of George Bush's line on Kyoto - that no one had to act until everyone signed up. It's an abdication of leadership."

The next day Heathrow was given the green light to build a sixth terminal and 3rd runway.

Have we reached Peak Oil yet? If so, then aviation would become rapidly more expensive in the next few years meaning demand will inevitably drop. If this is true, then it doesn't make sense to expand airports, as there won't be enough demand for them to fill capacity.