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BRITAIN'S nine major airports handled 40m passengers last year — tt, as many as ten years ago This has led to a greater demand for passenger vehicle back-up.
Heathrow, in fact, is ti world's busiest airport, a handled 24m passengers 1976. It is estimated tha there will be 25m next y■ A side-effect of the to boom is bringing businet
independents. And increasing pressure on c, parks.
It's a boom that mean larger proportion of passengers using airport likely to need public transport in the future.
A recent survey on Manchester airport shol 86 per cent using cars, t or private coaches, whil per cent go by public transport. Manchester a is 10 miles away from tl city centre.
Gatwick, of course, c not only serve London 25 miles away, and unu in that it has a rail link.
Heathrow is 151/2 mi away — and next montlhave its own Undergrot link to London.