Ms Lynne Embleton:

It comes back to the exponential point of hubs. This is why so many hubs around Europe have four runways. Hub dynamics are different from point-to-point dynamics. If there is a short-haul and a long-haul service at the same airport, as we do in Shannon and at Heathrow, some customers may choose to go that way. To build a whole system around that requires a strong local market in a hub airport.