Second dog
No routes operating from DUB are backed by governments. All operators are 100% commercial. The only discount carriers get in the first few years is airport charges, Clearly the DAA look for business and get airlines in. When did Belfast last get a new scheduled carrier, its being years and even in the good times airlines didn't come.
You got APD largely cut from North for long haul flights. Government money for air routes doesn't last forever and even if it was offered carriers still need the route to be viable after it is,
Last edited by EI-A330-300; 16th Sep 2013 at 17:18.