Originally Posted by
RW20
although additional airlines / routes are the aim for the airport,the extra length provides existing airlines to operate at full weight in challenging conditions.
And that pretty much is all the extension was aimed to do. The airport MD has repeatedly stated as much so all these dreams about Easy/Ryanair additional med routes etc etc are just pie in the sky. It just re-enforces the operations that are currently there and allows a less restrictive operating environment.