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Would really like to see the grants that Derry airport will receive to be used to provide a rail stop at Derry airport. It would make Derry airport far more accessible to a lot of people in northern Ireland as the roads are terrible, particularly in the northwest.
Eglinton has a dual carriageway running past it, carrying thousands of cars a day. There's also lots of buses which move too, though not quite as fast as the cars. That's a LOT of movements.
Shame City of Derry Airport isn't a bit busier, bringing things back to aviation ��
Shame City of Derry Airport isn't a bit busier, bringing things back to aviation ��
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There are 15 other airports in the UK serving over 100K but less than 1M pax p.a.
There are also several others in the South of Ireland.
These airports must have similar viability problems as Derry. How are they funded?. How much are their losses.
Plymouth airport closed in 2011. Blackpool was busier than Derry with even 12 international routes but closed in 2014 (since reopened but with just 30K pax in 2015).
Extinction is a real possibility.
There are also several others in the South of Ireland.
These airports must have similar viability problems as Derry. How are they funded?. How much are their losses.
Plymouth airport closed in 2011. Blackpool was busier than Derry with even 12 international routes but closed in 2014 (since reopened but with just 30K pax in 2015).
Extinction is a real possibility.
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The connectivity to Derry airport is appalling. I have driven from Belfast to Derry many a time, it`s like a third world road in places.
Sooner A5 and A6 is built the better. However, a rail stop at Derry airport wouldn`t just attract passengers from Derry, but all the towns east on the rail line all the way to Belfast.
The easier it is to get to Derry airport, the better it can compete with BFS.
For now, I am sure the London Stansted route will reappear from BFS in not too long.
Meanwhile, please headhunt the Knock airport management and bring them to Derry!!!
Sooner A5 and A6 is built the better. However, a rail stop at Derry airport wouldn`t just attract passengers from Derry, but all the towns east on the rail line all the way to Belfast.
The easier it is to get to Derry airport, the better it can compete with BFS.
For now, I am sure the London Stansted route will reappear from BFS in not too long.
Meanwhile, please headhunt the Knock airport management and bring them to Derry!!!
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7 local councils in the Republic, including Donegal, actually invested in Knock airport last year.
Why should Donegal County Council provide financial support to Knock airport? | Donegal Now
Seven local authorities to invest in Knock Airport - Independent.ie
Why should Donegal County Council provide financial support to Knock airport? | Donegal Now
Seven local authorities to invest in Knock Airport - Independent.ie
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The connectivity to Derry airport is appalling. I have driven from Belfast to Derry many a time, it`s like a third world road in places.
Sooner A5 and A6 is built the better. However, a rail stop at Derry airport wouldn`t just attract passengers from Derry, but all the towns east on the rail line all the way to Belfast.
The easier it is to get to Derry airport, the better it can compete with BFS.
For now, I am sure the London Stansted route will reappear from BFS in not too long.
Meanwhile, please headhunt the Knock airport management and bring them to Derry!!!
Sooner A5 and A6 is built the better. However, a rail stop at Derry airport wouldn`t just attract passengers from Derry, but all the towns east on the rail line all the way to Belfast.
The easier it is to get to Derry airport, the better it can compete with BFS.
For now, I am sure the London Stansted route will reappear from BFS in not too long.
Meanwhile, please headhunt the Knock airport management and bring them to Derry!!!
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I agree there should only be one airport.
Close BFS and BHD forthwith and transfer all the flights to LDY which after all suffers from the highest unemployment and greatest deprivation. Then there will be an incentive to fix the roads when the Belfast civil servants have to drive on them to get to our new Northern Ireland International Airport.
It's a superb idea, thanks!
Close BFS and BHD forthwith and transfer all the flights to LDY which after all suffers from the highest unemployment and greatest deprivation. Then there will be an incentive to fix the roads when the Belfast civil servants have to drive on them to get to our new Northern Ireland International Airport.
It's a superb idea, thanks!
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I agree there should only be one airport.
Close BFS and BHD forthwith and transfer all the flights to LDY which after all suffers from the highest unemployment and greatest deprivation. Then there will be an incentive to fix the roads when the Belfast civil servants have to drive on them to get to our new Northern Ireland International Airport.
It's a superb idea, thanks!
Close BFS and BHD forthwith and transfer all the flights to LDY which after all suffers from the highest unemployment and greatest deprivation. Then there will be an incentive to fix the roads when the Belfast civil servants have to drive on them to get to our new Northern Ireland International Airport.
It's a superb idea, thanks!
Lets move a big American airport to Iowa because they are poor?
Infrastructure does need fixed here but not artificially like that where you would move the wealth centre and make another area poor.
Our wee country is only ~100miles across. If we created public transport and improved roads etc. you could be anywhere within an hour and a half. Then if all NI air traffic was moved to BFS with a branch off the M2 or improved road from M1 you could be there right and quick and the fact that we are not fighting each other for airlines could allow us to get a foothold in stemming the flow to DUB (who must be laughing all the way to the bank)
I take your comments as tongue in cheek as you really know LDY is a good place for a nature reserve.
not artificially like that where you would move the wealth centre and make another area poor.
Amelia. It's fine to travel from the northwest to Antrim or Belfast for a flight. It's not that far! However, going west up the Glenshane to the northwest is such a chore. No respectable person from east of the Bann should be expected to do that.
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And Cuthere, they move stuff all the time to get better deals and will go on being part of our NI future as it is now because we don't have the population to sustain remote cities as Derry currently is. Infrastructure is the way forward. Build a good road to drive to BFS and everyone will be grand. If we had gotten our act together years ago, it would likely have made keeping things in Derry easier as location would have been less of an issue.
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Will it go to two? Feasible but unlikely. LDY enjoys poltical support and does so in part because it is an economic lever within the control of Derry City council (now Derry and Strabane council) when all other economic levers affecting the city have been controlled and abused by Belfast (the universities, Invest NI, lack of decentralisation). It therefore has a much greater significance than just an airport and to be fair the road to the two Belfast airports is substandard (again because of abuse of power) and so there is little incentive to get rid of LDY.
But LDY may not always require subverting and at that stage it's future would be secure.
There is no reason for only 1 airport in NI. Airports like Heathrow and Gatwick benefit from scale because of transit passengers. No one is going to be flying to a single NI airport to avail of a transit so there's really no rationale for it. A single NI airport would be smaller than either Edinburgh or Glasgow.
It will never happen.
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Derry of course needs an airport for economic development. It would be economic suicide to close it.
Thinking in NI terms is absolutely ludicrous. There is no border anymore in practical terms.
Dublin is Belfast airports biggest competitor not Derry and as someone who lives in Belfast, the 3 airports I use frequently are Dublin and both Belfast airports. If I could hop on the train that took me directly to Derry airport, I would use that too.
Thinking in NI terms is absolutely ludicrous. There is no border anymore in practical terms.
Dublin is Belfast airports biggest competitor not Derry and as someone who lives in Belfast, the 3 airports I use frequently are Dublin and both Belfast airports. If I could hop on the train that took me directly to Derry airport, I would use that too.