Not to mention the GSM pullout & FR looking for pastures new don't forget that Air Berlin are pulling the Belfast route at the end of the year too.
Luckily I get home every week on EZY so the AB chop isn't going to hurt much, but it does beg the question of when the likes of EZY will start ditching BAA in favour of other airports who offer slightly more than a shopping centre with intercontinental transport links & charge less for it!
Perhaps if nearby Cambridge had better terminal & handling facilities, plus a decent road network (its a nightmare to get to) then it could be a viable alternative - the maint base is already there with Marshalls isn't it?!
Cat & Pigeons time now...there was talk years ago of Alconbury airfield near Huntingdon being re-vamped & opened to commercial aviation. The runway is covered in shipping containers at the minute but it has great road links, nearby rail & isn't in too much of a populated area - it's ideal. What ever happened to the idea - anybody know!?