Originally Posted by
29Alpha
Owen, its just that DUB is where all transatlantic depts are on the island, it will be v hard to get a airline into BFS without a good deal on price/incentives.
Belfast CAN support transatlantic, Shannon (an airport with 1.7m pax last yr) has 6 tatl airlines with flights to JFK,EWR,BOS,SWF,PVD,YYZ,PHL. The airport serves the 4th largest city on the island. Shannon is 2h20 from dublin (according to google). Belfast is 2h according to google. The distance from dublin cannot be used as an excuse imo. Maybe shannon is being milked by the irish government (feel free to correct me ) but SURELY an airline serving shannon could see that if it works from shannon, it could work from Belfast (2nd largest city on the island)