What do you think of the new name????

[Triple Nickel]

Well, what do you think of the new name of the airport? As we can read all over the internet, the new name is under discussion everywhere, and it is not even sure that this name will stay...

Ron

[Martin]

Well done, Ron!

[Triple Nickel]

Hi Martin, thanks,

I am very curieus what people are voting!!!

I'll be straight with ya... I'll have to get myself an asperine....

-kopfschmerzen-

Ron

[robertv]

I wouldn't have mind to see something back in the name pointing at the location of the airport, on the border of The Netherlands and Germany. But atleast this tells people where to find the airport.

So i prefer the new name over the old one. Altough 'Niederrhein' sounded pretty good as well.

Cheers,

Robert

[Copter]

I think it is very stupid to fully rename the airport. It was better if they kept "Niederrhein" into the name (Weeze-Niederrhein of Dusseldorf-Niederrhein). Nowadays everyone knows what and where airport Niederrhein is.

Now they have to start making advertisements about the new name again. At the presse-conference there was allmost no media from The Netherlands. Even the regional newsstation L1 doesn't say anything about the new name, so I guess they are not interested of not informed about the presse-conference.

It also brings a lot of extra costs (for an airport which isn't rich, I think). Think about new ID's, roadsigns, logo's etc.

My opinion, not a good idea in these times.

Copter

[robertv]

I'm waiting for dusseldorfweeze-spotter.de, sgdusseldorfweeze.net and http://www.pro-dusseldorfweeze.net now

Cheers,

Robert

[Gast]

I wouldn't have mind to see something back in the name pointing at the location of the airport, on the border of The Netherlands and Germany.

"Airport Niederrhein: the final frontier"

OK, seriously:

To answer Ron's question, I don't like the new name.
- First, it's cumbersome to pronounce even if you're well-versed in english. It's utterly impossibly to pronounce after three beers. Yes, I've tried that already.
- Second, it is IMHO questionable if the translation of "Regierungsbezirk" into "prefecture" is correct.
- Third, even if it is, the name is misleading - it should have been "Airport Weeze, prefecture Duesseldorf" in that case. The way it is now, one might get the impression that Ddorf belongs to Weeze, not the other way round

Charly

[White Cap]

I think the 'Düsseldorf' part of the name makes it to long

Cheers,
White Cap