When if ever are NOC and the Irish government going to get real about this airport's potential. Firstly, the only positive thing about NOC is their ability to generate self hype and get away with blatantly erroneous
PR. Take for example the US services of last year, talking about bringing millions to the region, tens of thousands of passengers etc. It came to nothing, even though the Irish government invested 2m in this one route alone in marketing support, crazy. They were talking a couple of years ago at being at 1m pax this year, they will be lucky to do 600k. How can NOC with no catchment area possibly support two carriers on one route? Has onyone looked at XLs figures, especially in light of the other London services! I am close to NOC and I could rant on further, but let's get real, it's all talk, but no substance, and a lot of carriers have lost a lot of money on NOC operations, they do have a future, but let's be real about what it is.