The other aircraft would do Brussels, Frankfurt etc
Getting slots at Frankfurt is almost as hard as getting slots at Heathrow, especially slots for peak times
most people have now accepted that Northern Ireland is in the UK as a matter of fact
I like most of the population of the Republic, and a significant proportion of the population of the North would still, and will always disagree with you on that one, but I don't think you should be bringing political comments into this forum