Belfast International calls for Belfast City runway inquiry
17.11.08
The boss at Belfast International Airport has demanded a public inquiry into plans submitted for a runway extension at the rival Belfast city airport. John Doran described last week's application as ‘a retrograde step’.
Belfast City Airport wants to increase the length of its runway by about a third, adding 1935ft (590m) to its 5900ft (1800m) runway in the direction of Belfast Lough. Its chief executive, Brian Ambrose, said growth at both airports ‘was great news for the Northern Ireland economy’.
Mr Ambrose said the extension would allow planes to fly further to new destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean. However, Mr Doran said it was ‘entirely incompatible with the present and future economic interests of Northern Ireland’.
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