AB Airlines was originally marketed as Air Belfast where aircraft and crew were based at this airport in Northern Ireland formerly known as what?
Aldergrove Airport
AB Airlines
AB Airlines was an airline with its head office in the Enterprise House on the property of London Stansted Airport in Uttlesford, Essex.
 AB was one of the first 'low cost airlines' in England, preceding others such as EasyJet, Ryanair, and Go Fly.
 It was created in 1993 by former Brymon Airways executives.
 AB Airlines was formerly known as Air Bristol.
 Initially the airline marketed itself as Air Belfast, reflecting its then principal route between Belfast International Airport and London Stansted.
 Aircraft and crew were based at Belfast International Airport, London Stansted Airport and Bristol Filton Airport.
 A base was then opened in 1994 at Shannon Airport to operate flights to London Gatwick Airport.
 This operation was marketed as AB Shannon.
Belfast International Airport
Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an airport 11.5 NM northwest of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
 Formerly known as Aldergrove Airport, after the nearby village of Aldergrove, Belfast International is Northern Ireland's busiest airport and the second busiest airport on the island of Ireland, second only to Dublin Airport.
 In 2016, over 5.1 million passengers travelled through the airport, marking a 17% increase compared with 2015.
Prime Airlines
Prime Airlines was formed by HeavyLift Cargo Airlines (HC Airlines) as a passenger charter carrier.
 Initially offering its sole aircraft on an ad hoc basis from its base at East Midlands Airport (EMA) near Nottingham.
 Originally the airline was to be called Breeze but the company had difficulties in securing the name for operation.
 Finally the name Prime Airlines was chosen.
 With the assistance of former Transaer managers HC Airlines leased its sole aircraft an A300B4-203 and recruitment began for cabin crew.
 As the airline only had one aircraft a total of 27 cabin crew were hired for the start of operations in mid-2001.
 The company had no need to recruit flight crew as HC Airlines operated the Airbus A300B4 in cargo configuration and simply cross utilized the crew.
 Once the airline obtained its AOC it began operations for a number of British inclusive tour operators and the military flying to destinations around Europe and the Middle East.
 After 9/11 the company suffered with lack of contracts and a second blow came when an American Airlines Airbus A300 (Flight 587) crashed in New York City.
 Like most airlines at this time Prime had to make redundancies and cut its cabin crew numbers in half.
 The start of 2002 looked better for Prime Airlines as once again ad hoc charter contacts came in.
 The company started to plan for a brighter future and looked at adding extra aircraft to its fleet. Bangor, County Down
Bangor (from Irish: "Beannchar" ) is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland.
 It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area.
 In 2007 the town was voted by UTV viewers as the most desirable place to live in Northern Ireland.
 It functions as a commuter town for the Greater Belfast area, which it is linked to by the A2 road and a direct railway line, usually known as "the Bangor Line".
 Bangor is situated 13.6 miles (22 km) east from the heart of Belfast, not far from George Best Belfast City Airport. George Best Belfast City Airport
George Best Belfast City Airport (IATA: BHD, ICAO: EGAC) is a single-runway airport in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
 Situated adjacent to the Port of Belfast it is 3 mi from Belfast City Centre.
 It shares the site with the Short Brothers/Bombardier aircraft manufacturing facility.
 The airport began commercial operations in 1983. Sheep on the Road
Sheep on the Road is an outdoor sculpture located in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
 It is a life-size bronzes of six sheep and a shepherd, sculpted in 1991 by acclaimed Northern Irish sculptor, Deborah Brown.
 It was originally commissioned by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for their sculpture garden at Riddell Hall, Belfast.
 In 1999 it was purchased by Laganside Corporation, after relocation of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and relocated to the entrance to the Waterfront Hall, Lanyon Place, Belfast. Special Patrol Group (RUC)
The Special Patrol Group (SPG) of the Royal Ulster Constabulary was a tactical reserve of 150 officers which had the role: "to provide backup in civil commotion, to police sensitive areas at times of confrontation, and to show the flag in a disciplined and impressive way to those who wished to break the peace."
 Formerly known as the Police Reserve Force, the name was changed to Special Patrol Group in 1970 following the Hunt Report and the reforming of the Royal Ulster Constabularly to bring it more into line with othe U.K. Police Forces i.e .
 It became an UNARMED POLICE SERVICE , which was temporarily armed due to the continued murderous campaign waged upon the men and women of the service , whether armed or unarmed and whether on or off duty and also to avoid confusion between the defunct more militarised Reserve Force and the newly formed RUC Reserve which was recommended in the Hunt Report and consisted of a large number of part time , trained officers to help with security and relieve the hard pressed regular officers of some of the more mundane duties as well as a small number of full time Reserve Constables who were more fully integrated into the regular service .
 These police reserve officers provided much needed support to the hard pressed regular officers especially in the 1970s when casualties and fatalities among both regular and reserve officers were reaching figures of 2 or 3 officers, on average , being murdered every WEEK .
 The Special Patrol Groups were formed as mobile support units originally based around police stations in Belfast and with a section ( Orange Section ) in Armagh and it required a minimum length of service and a rigorous interview process before an officer could be accepted into the ranks .
These requirements were later dropped most likely due to the need for greater numbers from what was a small pool as the RUC was greatly undermanned to cope with the terrorist campaigns being waged from various so called Loyalist and Republican organizations .
 Officers in the SPG were called upon to deal with major civil unrest as well as numerous , regular bombings , shootings etc sometimes involving multiple bombs in Belfast city centre and other locations on the same day .
 In the 1970s the SPG relied heavily on the calibre of its officers as they were poorly equipped , carrying low power Walther pistols and World War 2 , Sterling sub machine guns to defend themselves against terrorists armed with high velocity weapons such as the American Armalite and M1 Carbines as well as RPG Rocket Launchers , various mortar devices and heavy machine guns .
 They were so disadvantaged as regarded firepower , that , at one stage in the early 70s , members of the Parachute Regiment were assigned to each long wheel base Land Rover to supplement the meagre firepower of 1 or 2 Sterlings in each crew .
 This was a short term exercise as it gave the " wrong " image , not at all in keeping with the aims of the aforementioned Hunt Report .
 Members of the Royal Military Police were brought in , after the disastrous folly of them trying to patrol staunchly Republican areas such as the Bogside and Creggan in Londonderry , unarmed and in unarmoured cars which were painted white ( to the delight of PIRA Snipers ) which resulted in a number of them being shot .
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 It was not however until an English Chief Constable , Sir Kenneth Newman , took over that the political correctness was set aside and RUC officers in general and the officers of the Special Patrol Groups in particular , were issued with and trained in the use of more uptodate weapons with which to defend themselves and the law abiding citizens of Northern Ireland .
 Prior to that the men and women in the SPG in particular had scored many sucesses against the terrorists mainly by their courage and alertness , including intercepting bombs , and preventing numerous gun attacks as well as standing up to hundreds of rioters with little or no protective riot gear ( compared to what we see today ) Crazy Prices
Crazy Prices (occasionally Super Crazy Prices) was a supermarket chain operating in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland formerly owned by Associated British Foods.
 When Associated British Foods sold its Irish operation in the late 1990s to Tesco, the stores were rebranded to Tesco (in Northern Ireland) and Tesco Ireland in the Republic). Manx2 Flight 7100
Manx2 Flight 7100 (NM7100/FLT400C) was a scheduled commercial flight from George Best Belfast City Airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland to Cork Airport in Cork, Republic of Ireland.
 On 10 February 2011, the Fairchild SA 227-BC Metro III aircraft flying the route with ten passengers and two crew on board, crashed on its third attempt to land at Cork Airport, which was experiencing dense fog at the time.
 Six people, including both pilots, died.
 Six passengers survived, four receiving serious injuries, whilst two were described as walking wounded. M2 motorway (Northern Ireland)
The M2 is a motorway in Belfast and County Antrim in Northern Ireland.
 It is in two sections, the southern section running from north Belfast to Antrim and the northern section acts as a bypass of Ballymena, with the A26 road linking the two sections.
 In total it is 22 miles (36.2 kilometres).
 The M2 has the busiest sections of any road or motorway in Northern Ireland.
 The M2 is one of Northern Ireland's most important motorways, forming most of the main route from Belfast city to both Belfast International Airport and less than a quarter of the way to Derry.
 It forms part of the unsigned European route E01, E16 and E18 roads.