Airports with weird/different names
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Well there is Belfast/Harbour, was the Shorts factory airfield, that became Belfast City which became Belfast George Best etc.
Then there is Glamorgan/Rhoose that became Cardiff then Cardiff International.
Ostend (Belgium) has, to encourage passengers, been called Ostend/Brugge ..... because who the hell in their right mind would ever want to go to Ostend yet Brugge has a good reputation.
London/Ashford was never Lymphe, Lymphe was another airfield that has long since gone, London/Ashford is Lydd!
London/Gatwick that, in the older days, had a West Sussex telephone number yet a Surrey postal address!
Then there is Glamorgan/Rhoose that became Cardiff then Cardiff International.
Ostend (Belgium) has, to encourage passengers, been called Ostend/Brugge ..... because who the hell in their right mind would ever want to go to Ostend yet Brugge has a good reputation.
London/Ashford was never Lymphe, Lymphe was another airfield that has long since gone, London/Ashford is Lydd!
London/Gatwick that, in the older days, had a West Sussex telephone number yet a Surrey postal address!
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I'm sure I read somewhere once a (perhaps not too serious) suggestion to rename Manchester as Anthony H Wilson International.
Then of course we've got Barton, I mean "Manchester City Airport". Makes it sound like a regional jet hub.. instead of a field with a windsock.
Then of course we've got Barton, I mean "Manchester City Airport". Makes it sound like a regional jet hub.. instead of a field with a windsock.
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O.K. I'll put you out of your misery. It's in Chile, and he was the very first head of state of that country. Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme. Dum Dum is Calcutta that was.
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Without wishing to reopen old wounds, or to defend a certain MOL's advertising, there may actually be a strong line of reasonable logic behind the rebranding of some airports such as Prestwick as Glasgow Prestwick, Hahn as Frankfurt Hahn etc.
If you think about arriving at an airport and getting to the city it's supposed to serve by public transport, the main airport transport systems are becoming clogged, or you have to go from one transport hub to transfer at another system's hub before getting to your destination. This is where the traditional hub & spoke transport models fall down. If you think about these non-traditional airports, their public transport systems may not be as well developed as the majors, but this means that you can reach the major city in probably the same or less time than from the major airport.
Thinking of the last few times I had to travel into the centre of London from Heathrow, it's taken me over a couple of hours from scheduled arrival time to get into the centre of the city. The quickest airport arrival to city centre I've done is in Singapore, or Oslo Gardemoenusing the MRT & Flytoget respectively but even then it takes a fair time to get into the city. Pearson to Toronto city centre takes well over an hour by public transport.
I appreciate that there's some holes in this thinking, but I think that there's a basis for justifying changing the designation of at least some of the airports around the globe.
Feel free to disagree, argue or just moan - it was just one of these thoughts that come to you in the wee small hours when you can't drop off to sleep.....
If you think about arriving at an airport and getting to the city it's supposed to serve by public transport, the main airport transport systems are becoming clogged, or you have to go from one transport hub to transfer at another system's hub before getting to your destination. This is where the traditional hub & spoke transport models fall down. If you think about these non-traditional airports, their public transport systems may not be as well developed as the majors, but this means that you can reach the major city in probably the same or less time than from the major airport.
Thinking of the last few times I had to travel into the centre of London from Heathrow, it's taken me over a couple of hours from scheduled arrival time to get into the centre of the city. The quickest airport arrival to city centre I've done is in Singapore, or Oslo Gardemoenusing the MRT & Flytoget respectively but even then it takes a fair time to get into the city. Pearson to Toronto city centre takes well over an hour by public transport.
I appreciate that there's some holes in this thinking, but I think that there's a basis for justifying changing the designation of at least some of the airports around the globe.
Feel free to disagree, argue or just moan - it was just one of these thoughts that come to you in the wee small hours when you can't drop off to sleep.....
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Whilst there may be some logic in rebranding countryside airfields as city airports ..... Hahn is not, and never shall be, anywhere remotely close to Frankfurt.
Hahn is nearer to the cities of Bonn and Cologne than it is to Frankfurt, indeed it is nearer to Luxembourg, if the Luxembourg Grand Prix could be held in Germany then why not a 2nd Luxembourg airport in Germany also!!!
Hahn is nearer to the cities of Bonn and Cologne than it is to Frankfurt, indeed it is nearer to Luxembourg, if the Luxembourg Grand Prix could be held in Germany then why not a 2nd Luxembourg airport in Germany also!!!
For all that people have a go at M O'L, both Glasgow Prestwick and Frankfurt Hahn were so called long before Ryanair got to them. Prestwick has used that name, despite there also being a mainstream Glasgow airport as well, since the 1940s - here it is as such in a BOAC timetable from 1960:
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...60/ba60-02.jpg
Most extraordinary airport names are typically in the USA, where you will find the "Fifi Fitzenberger III Memorial Airport", or its equivalent, dotted round the country. Once memory of Fifi dulls after a few years it becomes something else. Likewise the US specialises in "International" airports which have no international schedules, and sometimes no schedules at all ! Apparently a customs officer pops in from time to time and so they call themselves in this manner.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...60/ba60-02.jpg
Most extraordinary airport names are typically in the USA, where you will find the "Fifi Fitzenberger III Memorial Airport", or its equivalent, dotted round the country. Once memory of Fifi dulls after a few years it becomes something else. Likewise the US specialises in "International" airports which have no international schedules, and sometimes no schedules at all ! Apparently a customs officer pops in from time to time and so they call themselves in this manner.
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Someone mentioned Bradley "International". I'd like to nominate another Connecticut airport - Groton/New London.
One might assume that the airport is located between the towns of Groton and New London. However, since a river separates the two, I wouldn't suggest landing mid-way unless you're flying a seaplane. (Airport is actually in Groton.)
One might assume that the airport is located between the towns of Groton and New London. However, since a river separates the two, I wouldn't suggest landing mid-way unless you're flying a seaplane. (Airport is actually in Groton.)
