The main thing holding Dublin back from attracting enroute US traffic is that stubby little runway. If we got on with it and built 10L/28R to the expanded 3,600 meters asproposed then we could go after the 3 daily Jet Airways flights stopping in Brussels, Singapore stops in Frankfurt, EI could use their A350's properly and a Chinese carrier could launch a direct flight as they claimed they were so desperate to do when Gilmore was over there a few weeks ago.
10/28 would have been a proper runway if the Clare/Limerick TD's of the time hadn't got their knickers in a twist and demanded it be shortened when it was being planned. Why has cork got a shorter runway? To protect Shannon also. How much do you reckon UAL, DAL and AWE would prefer to be sending those daily 757s into Cork where there is actually a significant population? In short, Dublin and Cork airports have been hampered for decades to protect Shannon.
And before anybody accuses me of being a SNN basher, I work there
Last edited by Una Due Tfc; 29th Aug 2013 at 19:06.