Back home from a spectacular trip from Australia & New Zealand - a phenomenal trip! Now back to the...
Back home from a spectacular trip from Australia & New Zealand - a phenomenal trip! Now back to the daily grind!!
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Holiday fever seems to have hit me hard over the past few days and weeks - my Ciao opinions seem to reflect this, so airports are never far from my mind! I pass BelfastCity Airport daily on my way to work, and although l have never taken a flight out of the new terminal building l have had lunch there and picked up and dropped off now approximately 8 times. The blooming terminal building only opened on Sunday 3rd June 2001!! My partner does a lot of travelling with his work so l have the pleasure of playing taxi driver.
So Belfast City Airport has been dragged up into the new century - albeit kicking and screaming but yes it has happened. The city airport is situated approximately 5 miles from Belfast City Centre, 80 miles from Londonderry and 20 miles from the International Airport (note these are approximations only!).
The old terminal building was rather old and past it but now the big new silver building really is the bees knees! The carparking facilities are 100% improved - the short stay carpark is much bigger and we can say HELLO to the new long stay carpark - a feature that did not previously exist. As with all airports car parking is quite expensive approximately £6 per day in the short stay and your talking around £25 for a fortnight in the long stay (if not more). One benefit is that if you are in the short stay for less that 10 minutes parking is free.
Directly outside the terminal entrance you will find the pick up and drop off points and really that is exactly what they are - l found this out on Friday l tried to pull a sneaky move and park there (l was in the car) but airport security moved me on - l then had to circle for 20 minutes - David's bags are always the last to come through the baggage reclaim!!
Inside the terminal building are what you expect (unless you had been in the old Belfast City Terminal Building!) a coffee shop on the ground floor and upstairs a restaurant which over looks the runway. I have eaten here and the food is over priced for what you get, but it is nice to sit and what the planes land and take off.
Belfast City Airport in the main caters mostly for Domestic flights - Glasgow, London, Newcastle, Teeside, Manchester etc. The flight providers including BA, British European and Gill Air. British European recently launched a new service from Belfast City to London City to coincide with the opening of the terminal building.
Travel to the airport by car is simple it is motorway and dual carriage way all the way, there is a new railway stop being built at present although it will be at least 6 months before it is ready, taxis are readily available but l do not think there is a regular bus service (l may be wrong).
The new terminal is a great improvement to Belfast's infrastructure and what would be great now would be if more flight service providers would consider flying from the airport to give us Northern Irish traveller more choice.
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Advantages: Convenient to the Centre of town, helpful staff, easy to get to/from Disadvantages: Noisy traffic, no car parking, worst breakfast in the UK!
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