Ryanair closes Belfast city base

Phil: No one forced ryanair out. Micky boy spat his dummy out, as he didnt get what he wats when he wants. He annouced his intentions to pull these routes thinking/hoping they would speed up the public inquiry and grant the longer runway. While passengers will lose out, he claims 1 million passengers will lose out on these routes, HIS 1 MILLION passengers. good to know in this climate he has happy to lose 1MILLION passengers.

Longer runway means less power for take-offs thus less noise

The first four comments say it all: O'Leary-Ireland's greatest chancer-is up to his old tricks- huff, puff and blackmail.Encourage a great lament from the folk who still believe Ryanair is cheap-sucks! It aint -cheap. Add it all up and compare Ryanair with other options! Well let him. It's the same tactic he has used to blackmail airports and authorities everwhere. O'Leary, who seems increasingly nuttier behaves like a spoilt child seeking attention: threats, screams and -in his particlar case- destruction-by closing routes. He's done it time and time again and yes, closed some routes in one of fits of pique but where he's done this, folk have found other ways. There are other airlines!And Belfast International offers possibilities for just half an hour more to Aldergrove! There are lots of ways to go: Liverpool-Norfolk (Birkenhead) line twice daily, no airport taxes;no security hassle, and all the baggage you can carry or wheel or pile on a trolley. . Use Stena -Stranraer -bit of train hike but under £30 and what a scenic route! Or go via Dublin Holyhead-fast ferry wit Irish Ferries, good train to Loivrpool Manchester Birmingham -again , sail rail under £30: the same Stena ex Dun Laoghaire! And seniors travel even cheaper and free to Dublin. O'Leary's a cheapskate but Ryanair sure ain't. He wants a cheap operating base in Belfast to put pressure on Dublin.! He is -as always- trying to use Belfast to put pressure on Dublin and elsewhere. BIA is just as convenient as 90 per cent of world airports and much more convenient for the rest of Ulster. What Belfast does not need is a noisier, or more dangerous airport in a residential ambience-remember all the planes that HAVE missed runways elsewhere? In or out over he Lough-yes but in or out over houses too-the other way! No-we should tell O'Leary to go back-to wherever he can get his way and play his trick elsewhere-Belfast is unlikely to miss him and his antics! Late news: Go by ship:the Ghovernment has just increased airport taxes again, i n spiute of more threats by O'Leary's now very expensive airline.

how is lengthing the airport going to make any difference to noise level? my daughter uses ryan air to go to liverpool and us to visit it isnt going o be so handy or cheap now. i think the job side should be considered. i do appreciate noise may be an issue but how seriously will it change with no ryan air ...go on fix the runway and keep the jobs the money NI needs now in these times

DO THE METERS WORK ON STERLING OR EURO ??