Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18848 posts, RR: 54 Posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1784 times:
If, say, FR was not permitted to advertise Weeze/NRN as 'Dusseldorf,' could it not simply misspell Dusseldorf? That would mean it is not the same as the city. Indeed, FR has 'Duesseldorf' on its booking page, as a part of 'Duesseldorf-Weeze.' Seems like a way around this, but I am not totally sure.
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Leskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 72 Reply 2, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
I doubt thatwould work - simply exchanging the "ü" for an "ue"? Since it is more than obvious which town they're talking about, and the "ue" is, in the German language, an accepted and permitted way of not using the Umlaut, it would still be the same thing.
As for spelling it with a "u"... not a wise idea: "Dussel", in German, is another word for "Idiot" - so writing "Dusseldorf"... well... I guess you get the picture...
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18848 posts, RR: 54 Reply 5, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1741 times:
Ah, I see. Well, there is bound to be a way around it. If I specialised in this area of law, or at least had a good knowledge thereof, and not another, I would know for certain. Still, it's interesting.
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Horus From Egypt, joined Feb 2004, 5230 posts, RR: 62 Reply 7, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1689 times:
Deviating slightly but when I went to Rome Ciampino the other day I was surprised to know that CIA is located only 16km from the city centre compared to 36km to Rome Fiumicino Airport, which is the city's main airport.
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 10, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1670 times:
Quoting Horus (reply 7): Deviating slightly but when I went to Rome Ciampino the other day I was surprised to know that CIA is located only 16km from the city centre compared to 36km to Rome Fiumicino Airport, which is the city's main airport.
Yes but FCO has the dedicated train link into the city centre. I believe its bus or cab from CIA, But yes it is one instance where FR's airport is closer rather than further from the city it serves.
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Horus From Egypt, joined Feb 2004, 5230 posts, RR: 62 Reply 12, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1642 times:
Yeah whatever kirkie...joking...you're just drunk...hehehe
Cornish, yeah there are a few coaches running between the city and airport. We used Terravision which cost £9:50 for the return journey (it takes around 30 mins).
Cornish From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2005, 8187 posts, RR: 56 Reply 14, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 1617 times:
Quoting Horus (reply 12): Cornish, yeah there are a few coaches running between the city and airport. We used Terravision which cost £9:50 for the return journey (it takes around 30 mins).
In that case the train from FCO is slightly quicker if I remember rightly and not too expensive. So technically CIA is closer in kms but FCO is closer in time.
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Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18848 posts, RR: 54 Reply 15, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1569 times:
Quoting Cornish (reply 14): In that case the train from FCO is slightly quicker if I remember rightly and not too expensive. So technically CIA is closer in kms but FCO is closer in time.
All of a few mins, eh? Makes ALL the difference!
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Mozart From Luxembourg, joined Aug 2003, 2015 posts, RR: 14 Reply 16, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 1555 times:
Just looked up the FR route map and indeed on that they label every airport by the "big city close by", i.e. Brussels instead of Charleroi, Leipzig instead of Altenburg, Milan instead of Bergamo, and so on... EXCEPT for Gerona, which has Gerona as the "headline" and Barcelona written in small underneath. Wonder why. Is it because the other airport in Catalunya that FR uses (=Reus) would be Barcelona, too?
FlyBeQ400 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 221 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1460 times:
In the case of Girona (Barcelona) I think after a while people realise the destination has advantages in its own right and as it gets better known its easier to advertise as a seperate destination. Personally, I don't see why this is a big issue. No one is claiming Stansted shouldn't be allowed to be called London Stansted, and that is as far away as many of the other airports mentioned. (Although I do remember problems when Planestation started calling Manston London Manston before Kent Intl.!)
OzarkD9S From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 4682 posts, RR: 23 Reply 20, posted (8 years 3 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1351 times:
Couldn't they just insert the word "near" in the advertising?
"Near" being a relative term of course in some cases!
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