Simviation Forum - What a farce!!

Dec 7^th, 2006 at 1:42pm

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It has just been revealed on the local news that NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT.... is being rebranded yet again.... guess what it's going to be? ...... EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT. This is what it was called before the addition of "Nottingham" 3 years ago, which was supposed to make the airport more internationally recogniseable.

For those not in the UK.... East Midlands airport is located in Leicestershire ..... the closest city to the airport is Derby and it is located in a triangle between Nottingham, Derby and Leicester. It is truely in the East Midlands and has absolutely nothing to do with Nottingham apart from serving the city.

Thank god for some sanity at last !!!

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Reply #1 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 1:46pm

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eno wrote on Dec 7^th, 2006 at 1:42pm:

It has just been revealed on the local news that NOTTINGHAM EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT.... is being rebranded yet again.... guess what it's going to be? ...... EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT. This is what it was called before the addition of "Nottingham" 3 years ago, which was supposed to make the airport more internationally recogniseable.

LMAO.............! Grin

I wonder how much all that nonsense cost? Smiley

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Reply #2 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 3:27pm

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I live in New Hampshire and my local airport is Manchester Airport. Logan airport, servicing Boston MA, is Manchester's cheif competitor, so the airport recently changed its name to Mancester Boston Regional. Frankly I think the idea is genius. It's actually easier to fly in the Manchester and drive to Boston than it is to fly in to Logan but nobody does it because they (non locals) don't know Manchester is only 45 minutes from Boston. Now they'll know.

Anyway, the City of Boston sued to prevent the use of "their" name on the airport but I think the suit was dropped as baseless. (If they had won I'd have suggested they use the name "New Boston Regional" as there is a very tiny town called New Boston in New Hampshire. Would've been funny to see this sleepy little town with its own regional airport. Heck, it doesn't even have a region!)

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Reply #3 - Dec 7^th, 2006 at 5:39pm

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Somewhat ironic considering they are trying to now sell off the real Nottingham airport for housing... Roll Eyes

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Reply #4 - Dec 8^th, 2006 at 12:07pm

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I know how you feel Andy! What was the point in changing the name in the first place!

Renaming it Nottingham East Midlands Airport was a very stupid when it resides in Leicestershire, yet Derby is the closest city.

And now they have finnally decided to change it back!!!. Pointless! But I have heard it may be called 'East Midlands Airport - Nottingham, Leicester, Derby' or something similar. Which will just be a waste of time as every one will shorten it to East Midlands anyway. . Shocked

Did you stop calling it East Midlands when it changed its name!? Cause i didn't and most airports around Europe didn't aswell! Roll Eyes

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Reply #5 - Dec 8^th, 2006 at 8:15pm

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Its nothing new here where in India the branding still goes on Bombay was changed to Mumbai,Poona to Pune Angry

and so forth.

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Some guys are always on a name changing exersise all over the world Cheesy

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Reply #6 - Dec 9^th, 2006 at 10:43pm

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Shortly after 9/11, Newark International was renamed Newark Liberty International for more "patriotism". Kinda silly as the attacks didn't take place in New Jersey. Except one of the planes that were hijacked took off from there.*** Anyway, this required the New York Port Authority, or more rightly the state of New Jersey, to change all the signs around the area to include "Liberty", which used up lots and lots of money. Rather silly if you ask me.

***Which, by the way is the reason spotting at Newark is a lost cause anymore.

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Reply #7 - Dec 10^th, 2006 at 7:49am

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flyboy 28 wrote on Dec 9^th, 2006 at 10:43pm:

Anyway, this required the New York Port Authority, or more rightly the state of New Jersey, to change all the signs around the area to include "Liberty", which used up lots and lots of money. Rahter silly if you ask me.

Around here they all say "Airport". Makes the name changes easier.

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