Originally Posted by
AerRyan
In fairness, this "Too many Airports on west coast" has been WELL realised at this stage. We all know it. Birmingham has a population of 1,069,000, Ireland has 4,500,000. Bit inaccurate? Yes, there's a proven market for UK routes, yet there no Scottish route in Kerry, Knock or Shannon.
There's also a larger inbound market on the west coast of Ireland. Alot of people like visiting the Cliff of Moher, Galway, etc, whereas Birmingham is not as much of a tourist attraction.
apologies I meant the East Midlands area of the UK not Birmingham - you have to ask why there isn't a Scottish service from any of these Airports - fact is outside of the London market regional UK markets are marginal at best and extremely seasonal - likewise with the European stuff highly seasonal and only really sustainable at regional airports with Ryanair it appears with exception of couple of European services the route networks prove this fact