West Brit, I fear your enthusiasm is perhaps a tad misplaced. The main problem is that Aldergrove regularly set themselves a very low standard which they consistently fail to achieve. For years they were fixated on the perceived threat from Harbour and as a result failed to recognise the real threat was actually some distance down the road! A very smooth and easily travelled road at that!
The investment now required to bring Aldergrove to have a fighting chance against Dublin, both in facilities and infrastructure, is mind boggling. Couple this with the fact that we have a group of politicians who can barely agree on what day it is and there are massive problems to be dealt with.
Dublin has become the first choice for international travel by a lot of NI people, it has invested heavily and is reaping the rewards. Meanwhile Aldergrove management bleat about how unfair everything is and how ever other airport is stealing THEIR business, cargo, passengers etc. Well guess what, people and airlines have a choice and they are choosing to use Dublin, get over it!
