Belfast residents angry as airport passenger numbers cap reviewed

Residents living near George Best Belfast City Airport reacted furiously today to a British government suggestion that a cap on passenger numbers may be lifted.

Belfast residents angry as airport passenger numbers cap reviewed

Residents living near George Best Belfast City Airport reacted furiously today to a British government suggestion that a cap on passenger numbers may be lifted.

While airport bosses welcomed Environment Minister Edwin Poots’ announcement that he is to consider scrapping the two million seats for sale annual limit, a group representing many householders below the flightpath hit out at the move.

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