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    “Un mucchio di pazzi locali” – L’aeroporto di Waterford risponde alla valutazione appassionata di Michael O’Leary del boss Michael O’Leary


    “Un mucchio di pazzi locali” – L’aeroporto di Waterford risponde alla valutazione appassionata di Michael O’Leary del boss Michael O’Leary

    https://www.independent.ie/regionals/waterford/news/a-bunch-of-local-lunatics-waterford-airport-responds-to-ryanair-boss-michael-olearys-withering-assessment/a415975271.html

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    1. OldVillageNuaGuitar on

      Loathe as I am to agree with O’Leary, I think it is hard to see Waterford Airport really working out. It’s only like two hours to Cork or Dublin. That geographic problem may even get worse in the coming years with road and rail upgrades.

    2. Willing-Departure115 on

      Beyond the usual colourful statement, below is the argument that regional airport proponents tend to fight against till they’re blue in the face:

      Waterford is in the “catchment” of Cork or Dublin, added Mr O’Leary. “If we get a jet runway and there was a low-cost base, i.e. it was free, we might put one or two flights a day back in there from London, but really it’s in the catchment area of Cork and Dublin and therefore I think it has no commercial future or economic future, but we wish them well.”

      This is the reality of the situation from a very successful company that is one of the world’s leading airlines. If it would be commercially viable, they’d put ten aircraft in Waterford. It isn’t. They won’t. The only other route is taxpayer subsidies to barely fill flights.

    3. JonShannow07 on

      Waterford airport would be a great addition for the city area for ease of access to UK airports and France but other than that it would not be econically viable.. the numbers just aren’t there.

      Even if the numbers added up in the area, Kilkenny people would rather go to Dublin than support waterford. West Waterford people would go to Cork rather than support the city.. it’s all parochial and small mindedness.

      Michael O’Leary is a ignorant asshole but not wrong. I love the Waterford area, the coast and countryside but very often it just can’t get out of it’s own way. The city planners are all for short termism, no long term plans at all. Limerick and Galway just seem light years ahead in attracting investment and making the most of what they have.

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