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Civil Aviation => Aircraft Movements => City Of Derry => Topic started by: Angry Turnip on February 26, 2017, 12:14:44 PM

Title: New airline for City of Derry Airport
Post by: Angry Turnip on February 26, 2017, 12:14:44 PM

Not sure if this has been posted up before  :-\

BMI Regional is to operate L`Derry to Stansted route starting 2nd May,thus replacing the Ryanair service.

More here.........http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-39058468 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-39058468)

Title: Re: New airline for City of Derry Airport
Post by: jasT1981 on February 26, 2017, 01:58:25 PM

There is also a push to bring back a Dublin/CoD route.

Title: Re: New airline for City of Derry Airport
Post by: smudge on February 26, 2017, 02:08:50 PM

Quote from: jasT1981 on February 26, 2017, 01:58:25 PM

There is also a push to bring back a Dublin/CoD route.

I wonder if that would be possible as a pass-through on the Stobart Dublin - Donegal service, instead of running two aircraft northbound to basically the same area*

* on a cosmological scale.

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Title: Re: New airline for City of Derry Airport
Post by: jasT1981 on February 26, 2017, 02:28:20 PM

Right now it seems to be just 'Political' pressure. But there are calls for fresh funding for CoD also

http://www.derryjournal.com/news/sinn-fein-senator-padraig-mac-lochlainn-urges-dublin-to-fund-city-of-derry-airport-1-7831737