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So....to bring it back onto the topic of aviation. What are the major improvements on the way that would entice a full service airline to use BFS for
other Mickey Mouse shuttles?
Security is unacceptable. The lounge is tiny. The terminal is too small and bursting at the seams. The International pier is like something out of the dark ages and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I presume Qatar, Emirates et al would expect major improvements before subjecting their customers (some may be status holders with certain expectations, currently using Dublin) to endure the low cost experience of Aldergrove? Perhaps a separate security channel for international departures with a small airline lounge constructed on the roof of the international pier might be a short stop gap if a Gulf based carrier was to arrive.
other Mickey Mouse shuttles?
Security is unacceptable. The lounge is tiny. The terminal is too small and bursting at the seams. The International pier is like something out of the dark ages and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I presume Qatar, Emirates et al would expect major improvements before subjecting their customers (some may be status holders with certain expectations, currently using Dublin) to endure the low cost experience of Aldergrove? Perhaps a separate security channel for international departures with a small airline lounge constructed on the roof of the international pier might be a short stop gap if a Gulf based carrier was to arrive.
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I watched some footage of the fight on the local news tonight, in fairness this could have been anywhere. Sounded like some upstanding members of the local tarmacking community.
Any truth in the rumour the police would have been there earlier but couldn't get through security? Apparently their CS gas counted as liquid and they were carrying other offensive weapons. Heard this from a reliable security source, Mr A Jobsworth.
Any truth in the rumour the police would have been there earlier but couldn't get through security? Apparently their CS gas counted as liquid and they were carrying other offensive weapons. Heard this from a reliable security source, Mr A Jobsworth.
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Per a Virgin source we're meant to get A350s at Belfast from 2020, perhaps they'll phase them in with the A330s covering the gaps.
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interesting difference in treatment by the BBC compared to a similar incident at BHD last year.
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/b...drunk-15190934
BFS has an on-site police force, BHD has none.....yet an ex senior peeler slags off BFS and the airport police on Nolan for dealing with an incident quickly and faster than any incident in any part of NI night or day. Whatever happened to balance and good journalism.
https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/b...drunk-15190934
BFS has an on-site police force, BHD has none.....yet an ex senior peeler slags off BFS and the airport police on Nolan for dealing with an incident quickly and faster than any incident in any part of NI night or day. Whatever happened to balance and good journalism.
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A Star-what-now? With this kind of american investment, the only way is up! What next? A Wetherspoons? On another note, is it tiring being so bitter, especially when you see how well the South is doing since Independence, and how far the North has fallen? Can you believe at the turn of the 20th century, the North was the 8th richest region per capita in the world... lol!!!
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Don't bring politics into this aviation thread, it's unrelated, and you're bound to have a conflict with those of us are Unionists, so best to stop now. Especially after having ran down Northern Ireland, as an outsider.
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Can you believe at the turn of the 20th century, the North was the 8th richest region per capita in the world... lol
So what? Britain powered the world at that time. Let me guess Lanarkshire was the 5th richest region.....
After leaving the UK the Republic was a poor country until it joined another empire which pumped £££££s into. So in the last 100 years it has been successful for about 20 years.Watch what you say. Pride before a fall springs to mind.
So what? Britain powered the world at that time. Let me guess Lanarkshire was the 5th richest region.....
After leaving the UK the Republic was a poor country until it joined another empire which pumped £££££s into. So in the last 100 years it has been successful for about 20 years.Watch what you say. Pride before a fall springs to mind.
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Bear in mind that much of Ireland's reported GDP is contingent on its status as a tax haven; many huge multinationals book revenue in Ireland, but don't contribute significantly to tax receipts. The fiscal budget is in fact in deficit, funded by debt.
When you instead look at household income, which is more significant for air travel discussions, NI is on par with most of Ireland other than Dublin and Cork and is well ahead of Donegal, the poorest region of the island. That's the region that has water rationing in summer to send it south to the rich houses, after all...
When you instead look at household income, which is more significant for air travel discussions, NI is on par with most of Ireland other than Dublin and Cork and is well ahead of Donegal, the poorest region of the island. That's the region that has water rationing in summer to send it south to the rich houses, after all...
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Bear in mind that much of Ireland's reported GDP is contingent on its status as a tax haven; many huge multinationals book revenue in Ireland, but don't contribute significantly to tax receipts. The fiscal budget is in fact in deficit, funded by debt.
When you instead look at household income, which is more significant for air travel discussions, NI is on par with most of Ireland other than Dublin and Cork and is well ahead of Donegal, the poorest region of the island. That's the region that has water rationing in summer to send it south to the rich houses, after all...
When you instead look at household income, which is more significant for air travel discussions, NI is on par with most of Ireland other than Dublin and Cork and is well ahead of Donegal, the poorest region of the island. That's the region that has water rationing in summer to send it south to the rich houses, after all...
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