Waterford Airport.

again, these are the facts, and with instability rising in this sector, its highly unlikely commercial flights will restart this decade, but maybe in the 30's, maybe!

****ing hell lads.

Waterford Airport gets the go ahead for a runway extension and it has turned into "you won't get this, you won't get that", "my airport is bigger than your airport"

As far as we know there is no commerical airline lined up and who cares. Having the runway in place allows the airport to open discussions with airlines which is something they haven't been able to do for years (please don't start the whole, what about Emerald etc, as that argument has been done to death).

This story is a massive positive for Waterford and the wider region, ignore commerical activity as that most likely won't bring in much money but what it opens the door to and more importantly is increased private services.

No more diversions to Cork for a Gulfstream in the rain.

A guaranteed new 10 year contract for SAR services in Waterford also.

Some are worried about the yank, building the runway and only using it for his personal use, again who cares.

If he had not come in, the airport was most likely weeks away from closing its doors, in reality without the yanks interest it may have already closed before now.

The only thing for certain is, if the airport closed you can be sure it would never open again, that now is not the case.

TBH the business plan sees PAX as way down the list of the developers, hangers , Freight , Maintenance are the big targets, not necessarily in that order.

But the deal with the Council makes PAX part of the deal, so it will happen soonest.

Every thing else I have read her from the naysayers is just testiculation!

It's between 15-40km further from the London airports than Dublin, so basically it's the exact same distance. But obviously flights won't necessarily fly in a straight line.

It is considerably closer than Cork, Shannon, Limerick and Knonck to all the London airports.

I specifically mentioned that Waterford was closer to the UK than other airports. I specifically listed Knock, Shannon, Kerry and Cork. That is reality. Perhaps you have a different view on Geography and locations. The differences between Waterford and London, and Dublin and London is small and the Google results favoured Waterford. Before you accuse others of lying, try reading what they wrote rather than replying to what you think.

Based on an A320 the fuel saving on a Waterford to Luton flight over a Knock to Luton flight is about €850.

I'm not making that argument.

You're having a laugh to post that the people on here would think for one moment that knock was a viable alternative ..you have no clue what is happening with the airport, zero research as to who is on the board of the new airport company and what the plans are..you do realise that hundreds of local people gave up their shares (yes they put their money where their mouth was) for the betterment of the region (something the government should have done)...so those nay sayers ..if you have no skin in the game and are from outside the region, and have nothing positive to contribute then you can sh@g right off and go moan on your local regional forum

No-one on here is doing the reopening.. it is you my friend that needs to take a deep breath and let the professionals do their job and get on with the job at hand..What we locals do dislike though , s outsiders telling us in the South Esst what we can and cannot have. We had the same arguments with the M9 from people like you

He's nitpicking on a tiny thing someone said and it's BS..all part of the same put downs from outsiders that will never use the facility

In-laws.. Lol. Doesn't everyone know someone from everywhere in ireland to justify an argument..still does not make you a south-east resident that will use the airport