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Petrol station
If my memory is correct it was just outside the terminal building. If you exit the current door opposite the international arrivals next to the parking ticket machines, cross the road and you would be on the land where the filling station was. It was also an Avis car rental station.
Could you imagine a public petrol station so close to an airport terminal now!.
If you looked back to the terminal you would probably see a BKS Britania or Viscount. Not to mention a Dan Air DC3 or Airspeed Ambasador billowing smoke in the air on start up, and possibly a BUA Visc used on the Ams route in those happy days.
Sorry about that. Fond memories (poor old soul!!).
Think it closed as a petrol station over 30yrs ago but continued to be used by Avis for some time afterwards.
Could you imagine a public petrol station so close to an airport terminal now!.
If you looked back to the terminal you would probably see a BKS Britania or Viscount. Not to mention a Dan Air DC3 or Airspeed Ambasador billowing smoke in the air on start up, and possibly a BUA Visc used on the Ams route in those happy days.
Sorry about that. Fond memories (poor old soul!!).
Think it closed as a petrol station over 30yrs ago but continued to be used by Avis for some time afterwards.
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thanks for that dutchman ..
now you mention it i do remember something being in that location for hire cars but didn't realise it was ever a public petrol station, especially being so close to the terminal as you say.
well remembered
now you mention it i do remember something being in that location for hire cars but didn't realise it was ever a public petrol station, especially being so close to the terminal as you say.
well remembered
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Ryr Dublin
Reduced to once daily from end of March as part of the Dublin cutbacks. Still twice daily on Fri and Sun.
So thats the day return facility gone, although EI still doing a mid afternoon flight I think
So thats the day return facility gone, although EI still doing a mid afternoon flight I think
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When EI operated twice daily (am and pm) they did pretty well on the route, in fact alot of passengers used it for connections, particularly to Irish domestic destinations and across the pond. Maybe they should give it another go - certainly transiting through DUB to US/Europe/Eire is alot easier than many other hubs from NCL??
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Very sad to see MME/LBA lose their LHR routes, someone on another thread even suggested that BE makes their LGW route....NCL - LBA - LGW
NCL is lucky to have three routes to London and the MME closure must strengthen these operations.
NCL is lucky to have three routes to London and the MME closure must strengthen these operations.
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Can just see how popular NCL - LBA - LGW would be for northeast commuters
How dare they suggest such a thing
agreed on the MME issue which will surely expand the NCL catchment area for Capital travellers who may now make the journey 45 miles north before heading south.
How dare they suggest such a thing
agreed on the MME issue which will surely expand the NCL catchment area for Capital travellers who may now make the journey 45 miles north before heading south.
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Wizz to Newcastle?
If EZY have indeed abandoned PRG and KRK then that is yet another one of their short sighted mistakes. If it isn't hot, sunny or in Spain the Geordies won't want to go there despite all the evidence to the contrary.
As far as I can tell from the schedules currently published planes are going to be lying around doing nothing at certain times of the week. Heaven forbid but can we dare to expect more route announcements. There were great expectations before Malta was announced but they all came to nought.
Now that Wizzair have abandoned MME then there is absolutely no link from the North East to Poland. EZY simply don't want to get involved any more. Surely there is a gap in the market for Wizzair that is crying out to be filled. Apparently they are expanding their fleet. Perhaps the airport managers should ring up the people with the purple planes as those with the orange ones have a very cliched view of what the North East wants.
As far as I can tell from the schedules currently published planes are going to be lying around doing nothing at certain times of the week. Heaven forbid but can we dare to expect more route announcements. There were great expectations before Malta was announced but they all came to nought.
Now that Wizzair have abandoned MME then there is absolutely no link from the North East to Poland. EZY simply don't want to get involved any more. Surely there is a gap in the market for Wizzair that is crying out to be filled. Apparently they are expanding their fleet. Perhaps the airport managers should ring up the people with the purple planes as those with the orange ones have a very cliched view of what the North East wants.
