I've never understood why instead of expensively extending a landlocked Dublin airport, that has limited scope for future development. They don't build an airport in the center of the country that could service the whole country including Dublin.
And BANANAs.nimbys, that's why.
I've never understood why instead of expensively extending a landlocked Dublin airport, that has limited scope for future development. They don't build an airport in the center of the country that could service the whole country including Dublin.
That's NUTS
That would be too much like common sense. Politicians in this country do not do common sense.
1/3 of the population lives in the greater Dublin area. Why would the airport not be close to Dublin? I do agree that building it further out would be good, maybe near Naas or some other location with good road access and near to rail access that can be upgraded.
The vested interests would never allow an airport to be built in Portarlington, or anywhere else in the midlands for that matter, even though the new Taoiseach is from there. Nor would the DAA or the unions allow another airport to be built in Dublin.
Exactly, 2/3 don't live around Dublin.
Do 1/3 live around Portarlington?
An airport in Portarlington makes most sense. There is plenty land there.....
No, but they live within 15 miles or so of Swords.1/3 don't live around Swords.
I've never understood why instead of expensively extending a landlocked Dublin airport, that has limited scope for future development. They don't build an airport in the center of the country that could service the whole country including Dublin.
What's the big deal about it being land locked? Do you thing that seaplanes will make a comeback?I've never understood why instead of expensively extending a landlocked Dublin airport, ...
No, but they live within 15 miles or so of Swords.
There needs to be better transport links to Dublin airport but to suggest that the biggest airport in the country should not be located near to the biggest population centre in the country is nonsense.
What's the big deal about it being land locked? Do you thing that seaplanes will make a comeback?
The problem is not the location it's the total lack of public transport infrastructure serving it.
There is no reason why there should not be direct trains from Galway, Sligo, and Belfast to Dublin Airport.
There are massive economies of scale in the aviation industry which are particularly important in small regional airports (like Dublin airport). The reality is that there is no other location that is nearer 2/3’s of the population. If someone from Wexford wanted to get to an airport in Portarlington by train they would have to go through Dublin to do so. The same would apply for anyone from any other part of Ireland that did not live on the train line that went through Portarlington on the way to Dublin.If you read what I posted properly I didn't say that. I said instead of extending Dublin build another airport. Distribute the load etc. Or as you would put it, nearer 2/3's the population. There are times it could take an 15mins or two hours to go 15 miles in Dublin.
Fair enough, but I didn’t find your comments perfectly obvious.Heres a thought. Maybe there's more than one meaning to the term Landlocked?
Even if I'm not using it correctly, its pretty obvious what I meant, so what is served by a comment like that?
See my first point; most of the country would have to go through Dublin anyway. Wherever the airport was built transport links to Dublin would be a major priority since it is the largest population centre in the country.Considering the overloaded train network all feeding into Dublin, and going through Dublin to get to anywhere else in the country cramming more people on it, doesn't appeal to be me tbh. Even assuming if you are going for an early morning flight that you could a train early enough.