INCIDENTALLY: Eric Morecambe International
It seems that Luton International Airport has upset the news desk at the Belfast Telegraph for some reason. Now that the Province has returned to normality there is not enough news to keep all the hacks busy and clearly someone has had problems on the easyJet Belfast route. It is true that in the past the airport became a national joke in an advertising campaign for Cinzano.
A well-tanned macho Mediterranean type asks of actress Lorraine Chase: "Were you wafted here from paradise?"
"Nah mate," she responds in an accent that is more Chingford than Cheltenham. "Luton Airport."
The whole campaign was bad news for Luton which did not pick up in passenger numbers until Stelios Haji-Ioannou took an interest.
The airport”s splendid new departure area has obviously not gained the confidence of the Northern Ireland types more used to the tin shack that was previously Belfast City. ”Now that Luton has chosen to return to the status of a national joke, it should follow Liverpool's example, and name itself after a sadly missed national treasure. With no world-class musical figures hailing from the area, the obvious choice is the man who put Luton on the map. Welcome to Eric Morecambe International, an airport run by comedians”. That”s the Belfast Telegraph”s view.
Up the Hatters!