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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced today that he will impose a 20mph speed limit on runways at all London airports.


”The aviation industry is one of the biggest contributors to global warming,” said the diminutive extortionist. “It’s only right that we milk them shamelessly, and claim it’s all to help the environment, or something.”


When one of his advisors pointed out that planes literally have to go faster than 20mph or they can’t generate enough lift to take off, Khan replied “Exactly! Think how much we’ll rake in when every single plane sets off the camera!


”Or if the airlines just decide not to use London airports, then that’ll stop the exodus of rich people from London - it’s win-win.”


However, it’s been pointed out that only two of the so-called “London airports” - London City and Heathrow - are actually in London, and therefore subject to the dictator’s whims. This raises the interesting prospect that the super-rich may have to use Stansted, Luton or even Southend Airport when fleeing the country.


Socialite Iguana del Prada is said to have been “taken aback” when the check-in clerk at Southend greeted her “Awright Princess, just getcher luggage up on the scale then, luv” and frankly insulted by the suggestion she might have packed it herself.


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The Welsh Government is keen to support Cardiff Airport, as it’s very important to have a proper Welsh airport to use. God forbid that proper Welsh people would use the airports at Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham or Bristol. You can’t get to any of those airports without treading on foreign soil.


The Welsh Government has therefore given subsidies of £206m to the airport (which it owns) over the next ten years.


After some debate about how best to use the subsidies, the airport has decided that it will just give every passenger £23 in cash. Travellers will also have the option to take the subsidy in giant Toblerone bars, or, in a concession to Plaid Cymru, Welsh cakes. Passengers are warned that they may not be able to take £23 worth of Welsh cakes on board a plane as hand luggage.


The airport has defended its decision by saying that cold hard cash is the best way to build the customer base. On current passenger numbers, the £23 cash bonus will last for the full ten years. If the number of travellers rises, then the cash bonus might end earlier – but this will, of course, show that the whole scheme has been a brilliant success.


Swansea Airport has complained, and says that if it had the money, it could offer a subsidy of £137 per passenger. It reckons that this would grow passenger numbers much more quickly. Their spokesman also said that Swansea is properly Welsh, unlike all those softies in Cardiff who can’t even speak the language properly.



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