Dublin 1.5 hours down a very good motorway (at least south of the border). Preclearance there too and a range of carriers including a semi low cost green one.
Belfast and NI is a market of about 1.5 million and a large proportion of that will leak south or to GB.
No aircraft orders, delivery slots yet.
Love the way the press release claims to be creating 21 000 jobs, 1000 directly and 20 000 in tourism. Presumably all the result of detailed market research and fact checked by the media and not just pulled out of their a....