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Was through Derry Airport last week and leaving aside the apron/runway works, the terminal building seems to be getting a right good tidy up.
Seems to be a lot of internal terminal work going on, new security office, new vid screens, advertising sites going up. Looks good so far.
What are the long term prospects for LDY really like ? Can it complete with the
2 Belfast airports. Maybe while the road links to Belfast are so poor and tale so long for those travellign from the North West region ?
Seems to be a lot of internal terminal work going on, new security office, new vid screens, advertising sites going up. Looks good so far.
What are the long term prospects for LDY really like ? Can it complete with the
2 Belfast airports. Maybe while the road links to Belfast are so poor and tale so long for those travellign from the North West region ?
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Was through Derry Airport last week and leaving aside the apron/runway works, the terminal building seems to be getting a right good tidy up.
Seems to be a lot of internal terminal work going on, new security office, new vid screens, advertising sites going up. Looks good so far.
What are the long term prospects for LDY really like ? Can it complete with the
2 Belfast airports. Maybe while the road links to Belfast are so poor and take so long for those travelling from the North West region ?
Seems to be a lot of internal terminal work going on, new security office, new vid screens, advertising sites going up. Looks good so far.
What are the long term prospects for LDY really like ? Can it complete with the
2 Belfast airports. Maybe while the road links to Belfast are so poor and take so long for those travelling from the North West region ?
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Check Out Flybe...
Now showing Flights from Derry airport to Glasgow and Belfast City is on the drop down list but no flights are available on that route yet?
Glasgow is a direct nonstop flight
Southampton is a connection through that Glasgow flight as is
Birmingham and Sumburgh..
A good vote of confidence for the airport and the Glasgow route. Wonder what will happen re Belfast City - Derry ? This was operated in the early 90s by Flybe (JEA). They operated a triangle on routes between Belfast City , Derry, and Dublin.
Anyone have any info...?
EI-BUD
Glasgow is a direct nonstop flight
Southampton is a connection through that Glasgow flight as is
Birmingham and Sumburgh..
A good vote of confidence for the airport and the Glasgow route. Wonder what will happen re Belfast City - Derry ? This was operated in the early 90s by Flybe (JEA). They operated a triangle on routes between Belfast City , Derry, and Dublin.
Anyone have any info...?
EI-BUD
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Cant see 6 hour layovers in Glasgow working. You could drive to Belfast, Dublin or even Knock and get to Birmingham quicker.
However the GLA plane leaves Derry at 10 and comes back in at 4pm. No way is it going to overnight so I would suggest a schedule adjustment is due. These are the times of the Loganair flight when they had a Dublin return either end of day - so unless it is going to do a Belfast return for connections either end something must be for changing.
However the GLA plane leaves Derry at 10 and comes back in at 4pm. No way is it going to overnight so I would suggest a schedule adjustment is due. These are the times of the Loganair flight when they had a Dublin return either end of day - so unless it is going to do a Belfast return for connections either end something must be for changing.
Or you could fly LDY to BHX using the direct Ryanair flight from the end of October.
LDY to BHD sounds stupid, until you consider the 150 minute train journey, and the pot-luck drive. Having recently had the misfortune of driving from Belfast city centre to Derry on a Thursday evening, the bottle-neck at the end of the M2 and at the end of the Tomb bypass made a 75 mile journey take nearly three hours, so I'm sure there'd be some takers for a LDY to BHD.
LDY to BHD sounds stupid, until you consider the 150 minute train journey, and the pot-luck drive. Having recently had the misfortune of driving from Belfast city centre to Derry on a Thursday evening, the bottle-neck at the end of the M2 and at the end of the Tomb bypass made a 75 mile journey take nearly three hours, so I'm sure there'd be some takers for a LDY to BHD.
Just heard on BBC N Ireland, that the airport will be closed next Wednesday and Thursday due to council staff being involved in a UNITE strike. Bad enough, but the the best bit of the piece was the Airport Users' Group Chairman (didn't catch his name) telling Mark Carruthers that about 9 flights will be affected!! Hahahaha!! Good to see he knows ANYTHING about the airport he involves himself with. Off the top of my head I can think of 8xSTN and 8xDUB (4 in/4 out) alone. Then there's PIK, GLA, BRS, LPL and EMA.
Priceless!!!
Priceless!!!
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Derry airport strike goes ahead - closed for 2 days
Derry Airport will be closed on Wednesday 16 July and Thursday 17 July after talks over a pay dispute collapse.
The strike is part of Unite union's UK-wide industrial action, and they are insisting on an all member strike. Derry City Council had called on the union Unite to change its decision to strike at the City of Derry Airport.
The council had hoped to secure an exemption for airport staff from the strike.
A spokesperson for Derry City Council said they were "disappointed that an agreement could not be reached".
The strike is part of Unite union's UK-wide industrial action, and they are insisting on an all member strike. Derry City Council had called on the union Unite to change its decision to strike at the City of Derry Airport.
The council had hoped to secure an exemption for airport staff from the strike.
A spokesperson for Derry City Council said they were "disappointed that an agreement could not be reached".
Maybe they can use that time to do some long overdue upgrades. I know it's important to the locals to have an airport, but it is time it was brought up to a better standard, IMHO.
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Probably better off being on strike this weekend..... better than trying to prevent some ejeet from planing a tricolour on top of a pile of bags and setting light to 'em.......
Thought the strike was nicely timed to coincide with the holiday weekend, gives a bit of time to recover.
Apart from the passenger disruption there will be a few private flyers who will be a bit annoyed but then they should be used to the irregular closures there.
Apart from the passenger disruption there will be a few private flyers who will be a bit annoyed but then they should be used to the irregular closures there.
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Point taken, but my posting and another one announcing that LDY will be closed for two days due to a strike, originated in another thread that just started yesterday on the Rumours and News forum. The mods obviously decided to merge our postings into this thread. As I don't frequent this particular forum, I hadn't seen the previous discussions about the improvements. Now I have.
Point taken, but my posting and another one announcing that LDY will be closed for two days due to a strike, originated in another thread that just started yesterday on the Rumours and News forum. The mods obviously decided to merge our postings into this thread. As I don't frequent this particular forum, I hadn't seen the previous discussions about the improvements. Now I have.
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That would b e the one that Derry County Council were advertising for in late May/early June. I may be corrected in that it might have been a Airport General Manager rather than my initial mail of Airport Manager.
Advertising May time; interviews possibly June time; new post holder current job termination anything from 4 - 26 weeks; hence the question.
GH
Advertising May time; interviews possibly June time; new post holder current job termination anything from 4 - 26 weeks; hence the question.
GH
Just got an e-mail from Ryanair telling me they've cancelled the Bristol to Derry route (which I was booked on) from October 1st. Not really a surprise, though the last few times I've flown on it it's been nearly full (though perhaps most people had, like me paid less than £30 return).
If only Aer Arann would take over the route. Surely, with their smaller aircraft, they could make a go of it?
If only Aer Arann would take over the route. Surely, with their smaller aircraft, they could make a go of it?