Originally Posted by
cessnarocket
The North of Ireland has always been far too small to have three airports, never more so than the current climate. Surely only one can survive this and maintain profitability which there is only one suitable candidate . If we take a step further as an island perhaps only one airport will make commercial sense in the worst case scenario (commercial air traffic supressed for 5 years or more) and that would be Dublin.
Belfast absolutely warrants an airport due to the volumes that absolutely can profitably sustain an airport. I don't think imho that LDY is essential, Belfast is not far away. As an island, the main gateways in terms of key infrastructure would be DUB, BFS and ORK.
Sadly I don't see the BHD business recovering to a, sustainable level unless easyJet can be persuaded to start ops. There is no other show in town. Given the Ryanair were already scaled back at BFS, there is no case for easyJet even being to look at BHD.