NWSRG
Cant disagree with anything you say - unfortunately, if we are waiting for a government intervention, dare I say we will all have a long wait! Of course. the answer is a high speed rail link serving BFS but it seems that this will be a long way off if indeed it ever happens, judging by comments recently made by both the DOE and NIR - if I remember correctly an annual passenger throughput of around 8m would be required to justify this. To add insult to injury, NIR have seen fit to close the Antrim-Lisburn line putting the chances of a rail link even further away.
I still think therefore that there is a place for both airports bearing in mind the above. After all, nearly 2m passengers using BHD can't all be wrong.