Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002

Variable Details

VariableSPEC3
LabelOther advantages of expansion
Responses
Airport taxes at Edinburgh are topo high 1
Benefit business and tourism 1
CITY TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED 1
EASE OF TRAVEL 1
Greater job security for people with jobs. Companies can continue to offer cheaper flights, then more profit for the company and more chance of promotion of the airline industry. 1
HELP TOURISM IN THE AREA 1
I dont personally think we need another airport 1
Improved Safety 1
It would allow for more people to visit me, and alloww for more intranatikonal flightsw. 1
It would give Birmingham a better international status 1
More flexibility when travelling abroad 1
More tourists to the City 1
No local airport 1
SAVES ME MONEY ON GETTING TO THE AIRPORT 1
Safety 1
Stronger economy 1
Would help remove the stacking problems effect on landing and take off 1
also less damage to environment 1
betgter facilities for picking people up 1
better car parking 1
better enviromentally 1
better general services e.g.more refreshment outlets 1
better orgainised flight control 1
better parking facilities 2
better waiting amenities/more seating 1
bigger planes able to land therefore fog in winter wouldn't affect flights as much 1
bring more tourists to area 1
cheaper to get to local airport 1
cheaper to travel to airport 1
cheaper travel costs to airport 1
cultural exchange improved 1
ease of travel 1
easier for passengers at airport 1
easier for people to travel 1
easier to get away 1
easier to travel increase house prices 1
easier to travel when i go to hong kong 1
economies of scale 1
equi distance to airports 1
expedite travel 1
financial advantages 1
get people off the roads 1
good/would not have to travel to gatwick 1
great advantage then not have to take daughter to stanstead 1
if you want to go to london it would be quicker 1
improve tourist trade in scotland 1
improved parking 1
increase in tourism 1
less car hire 1
less hassle 1
less night flights/more daytime flights 1
less road accidents,parking cheaper,cheaper to get to airports 1
less road cogestion at main airports 1
less stress on the journey 1
less traffic congestion which would reduce pollution 1
links with south wales 1
make the area more important 1
makes the world a smaller place/keeps me off the road/- 1
might make me more likely to fly 1
more capacity 1
more checkouts and space 1
more competition 1
more domestic destinations 1
more people would be able to get away/it would stop backloogs/ae/no 1
more revenue for tourism and airlines 1
more shops 1
more space and easier access rahter than going to croiwded London airports 1
more tourism 1
more tourism brought in 1
my husbands in aircraft business! 1
no changes and shorter times to reach destinations 1
no local airport 1
no supplements 1
no views here I go down to heathrow 1
none 1
quicker processing 1
rationalisation of the number of airports 1
reduction of danger and cogestion at takeoff and landing 1
roads will be less congested 1
safer,increased tourism, increased house prices 1
save money and cut travel time 1
shorter journeys to the airport 1
spead air traffic a bit more;heathrow is congested 1
speed 1
speed of travel 1
there would be less congestion of the roads aroiund and at the airport 1
to maintain uk position internationally 1
to travel easily and freely 1
we would probably travel more regularly 1
will share load with other airports 1
would consider using it more 1
would link the southwest to the rest of the country, and would be more reliable than the trains 1
would prefre to tarvel from heathrow if the airport was better maintened 1
wouldn't have to travel to work, and property values would go up 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, February 2002
Interviewer InstructionsRECORD OTHER ADVANTAGE
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.