Nothing has been said about Derry for a while. From memory it was left at they were submitting a planning application and the residents were opposing. Thing was 7 homes and farmes need to “dissappear” to make way for runway extention. The residents say its not justified due to no airlines like flybe wanting to operate from Derry.

I honestly cant see them doing anything for at least 5-10 years. They barely have enough fire cover as it is for the airport. If your aircraft lands short of runway 26, youll be please to know the hovercraft can take 8 people at a time. Very reassuring for a 140 seater aircraft!

They have the fire service in Limavady (and possibly other towns) to do the baggage handling and obviously the fire cover 😀