I often try and ignore what is said on these forums, however, I feel I need to clairfy a few points.
1. BLK is not stealing traffic from Liverpool. it is simply offering people from the catchment around BLK a more convenient and appealing alternative, and taking back what is rightly BLK traffic. I do remember LPL using the same argument, so I see no room for complaint!
2. BLK is solely outbound. O dear, how wrong, the MAJORITY of passengers on the Irish routes and a VERY HIGH percentage of the domestic market are inbound to Blackpool, Blackpool is not full of larger louts, but offers a wide varied option for the inbound tourist visitor. I accept some people are jealous of Blackpools ongoing status as the premier resort in the UK, but 13m people cant be wrong. Blackpool is changing and evolving, it has problems (but so do Manchester and Liverpool), but Blackpool is, and always will be the nations playground.