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What is ATAG and what is it trying to do?
Is demand for air travel growing?
Isn't air transport an élitist activity and replaceable?
If it's not élitist, isn't air tansport of marginal economic importance?
But should we not develop rail as an alternative to air transport?
How can you justify becoming bigger? Some accuse air transport of being a noisy industry and a major contributor to global warming.
What is the answer to present congestion and future growth?