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Old 28th Feb 2014, 12:49
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Skipness One Echo
 
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It appears that people from England and Dublin in particular enjoy coming in here and running down our airport.

The reality is that they know little about Northern Ireland and what our potential is.
You're not in a position to judge what I know about NI and and it's airports. I've traveled a lot, used both BFS and BHD, a little outside perspective is useful to counter the fluff about potential.I make my living in marketing and analysis and my bread and butter is working out what works, doesn't and how best to learn from it.
The potential is limited by a resurgent DUB, not actually a bad thing strategically unless you get in to localism and politics, that limited potential is further undermined by splitting the exisiting local market between two cut throat rivals. The result is a good City airport that can only serve local routes and a larger airport that can't attract enough traffic to invest. Square that circle, you can have a go at Dublin, until then, it's same old.
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