I do think thereās a good opportunity to name some of the Ryanair airports after people, you know the ones which are half a country away from their advertised city.
I think some of these names could be very appropriate. Preferably these airports would be named after people who found themselves lost, a long way away from where they wanted to be, maybe people who were believed lost forever, but werenāt.
In Germany, they could name the airports after the lads who froze to death at Stalingrad. OK, they were lost. Bad example maybe. But shure look it.
I recall a Tony Bullimore, a round the world yachtsman who capsized in the Pacific Ocean and they didnāt know if he was alive or not. Eventually somebody reached his upturned yacht and lo and behold wasnāt he only there in an upside down cabin in the middle of the ocean, happy as Larry, and happier than Larry when he got a knock from the rescue people on the upturned hull.
His experience is very similar to a lot of Ryanair passengers so Iām sure they could name a Ryanair airport after him.
In Ireland weād be spoilt for choice if Ryanair ever built a second Dublin airport in, say, Cavan.
Ernest Shackleton Dublin International Airport in Ballyconnell would have a nice ring to it, the expedition to and from this new airport to Dublin being similar in terms of arduousness to Shackletonās voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
Tom Crean Dublin International Airport on top of mountain in Annascaul could come with a free sherpa for passengers.
Dublin Shergar International would have passengers losing their heads all over the place.
Weston Aerodrome could be renamed Lord Lucan International.
Belfast could have Brian Keenan International Airport or Titanic Airport.
The Brits could have John McCarthy Airport.
All sorts of possibilities here.
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