Talk:Bern Airport

Runway lengths
Two different runway lengths are listed on the page. Which is right?Gittinsj 07:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)gittinsj

Renaming Entry
As for the spelling topic concerning Zurich Airport and the topic concerning the city of Bern or the city of Berne (with an -e) has been discussed, I wanted to rename this article into "Berne" Airport. The official communications of the airport society itself only uses the denomination "Berne Airport" with the final -e. The following official webpage uses the -e ending of Berne. Furthermore, the official document in .pdf requesting handling matters also states the final -e of Berne. Therefore, as for Zurich Airport without the umlaut favouring the official name and not a false translation from German into English, I'd favour and respect the official denomination of the Airport with the follwing name "Berne Airport" Ngagnebin (talk) 03:25, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Requested move

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No consensus to move. Vegaswikian (talk) 22:43, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Bern Airport → Berne-Belp Airport — The official communication of the airport's society itself only uses the denomination "Berne Airport" (and "Berne-Belp Airport") with the final -e. The official documents and proofs in English can be found on the official website stating this commercial name in English (Address in English: Berne Airport Ground Services) and here Airport Taxes & Handling Charges Therefore, as for Zurich Airport without the umlaut favouring the official name and not a false translation from German into English, I'd favour and respect the official denomination of the Airport with the following name "Berne-Belp Airport" and also favor mentionning Berne-Belp and not only Belp as the IATA code is BRN, the -r- clearly standing for "BeRne". Ngagnebin (talk) 04:11, 13 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose Berne-Belp; would support Bern-Belp. The OP evidence doesn't even support "Berne", but shows that both "Bern" and "Berne" are used in English. English usage on this in translations of "official" documents varies. As per Talk:Bern, modern English usage favours the native spelling "Bern" over the Frenchification "Berne", and there's very little reason to depart from that here. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 04:20, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * you're own definition of "mordern English" could be questionned, as the English Embassy still uses Berne with -e. Also for the Indian one. There is no "Frenchification" of Berne but a real "germanification" of Swiss-german thinking the translation is just the same as the one in their mothertongue. As a matter of fact, I'd like at least to respect what's written on the website. I didn't find "Bern" for English on the website of Berne-Belp Airport :) Ngagnebin (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 17:19, 13 December 2010 (UTC).
 * My definition of modern English=English used in the modern world. In your "official" page "Bern Belp" is plastered over the top right corner. You are putting too much truck on the address. In reality this was written by a very junior office worker who was following no official version and probably thought the French version and English versions for Bern were the same; the next clerk may think differently. English has no one form, and no organization like an airport has an "official" form. Generally they have better things to do with themselves than that ... the difference being of little importance. :) Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 17:27, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, in French, it's also written "Flughafen Bern-Belp" on the top right corner. Nevertheless, you won't find any sentence in French stating that "l'avion se posera à Flughafen Bern-Belp". CQFD. :) I hope that the British are still speaking "modern English" and that they don't employ "junior office worker" to state on their website of "former English" that Berne has no -e. Which is actually not the fact. In the top left corner of the Embassy's website, it's written Berne :) Ngagnebin (talk) 19:04, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Not convincing me, Ngagnebin. And anyway all the arguments for and against Berne/Bern have already been had on Talk:Bern, and the consensus has been determined for "Bern". Regards, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 19:09, 13 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You're not convincing me neither :) Zurich Airport has been changed eventhough people thought for a time that Zurich was supposed to be written with Umlaut and for long time, Zurich Airport was going along with Zürich (city). QED :) Ngagnebin (talk) 03:38, 14 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Oppose Reasons already stated by Deacon of Pndapetzim.  Skinsmoke (talk) 15:13, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Would Bern-Belp Airport be something you'd support? Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 00:44, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually... yes as it's already closer to Berne-Belp as only Bern Airport :) Ngagnebin (talk) 02:18, 16 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment I came to this page thanks to an invitation on my talk page. It seems to me that in the above discussion too much emphasis has been placed on the city's name and not the Airport's name. The name "Bern[e] Airport" is a proper noun. Reliable English language sources should be surveyed for the common name of the airport. This is not directly linked to the name of the city. It may have the same name Bern/Berne or it may be different. -- PBS (talk) 18:10, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Canvassing Comment appears to be canvassing people based on their previous support for the form Berne over Bern. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 18:22, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
 * "Appears", only : I did post on profile that a discussion was going on about the name and no, they were not based on the "Berne" discussion. I didn't ask anyone to support my point of view at any time. I believe it's still more interesting to have many opinions that just you being against an official name and me being pro-official naming. :) Ngagnebin (talk) 02:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak oppose. There is little evidence that "Berne-Belp" or "Bern-Belp" is more frequently used than "Bern" for the airport. The official name is not a good reason to move the article. mge o  talk 12:25, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: The city itself is listed as Bern, without the E; I believe this has been standard English-language usage for some time. Personally, I don't care whether Belp is included in the article title, or whether the city is spelled as in German or as in French. But I would strongly oppose anything that lead to the city and its airport having different spellings of the city's name. The city is (just) on the German side of the linguistic border, so I'd suggest we should omit the E. But I don't actually care, so long as it's consistent ;o)  — OwenBlacker (Talk) 00:28, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * One can find both Bern and BernE entries on official websites of the State and City itself refering to the name in English. Ngagnebin (talk) 02:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment : Ok. Fair enough. If an official name in English should not be taken in account, then there is no point of trying to rename an unofficial article of Wikipedia based on an official name of a company. To that point, I think we could request to remove Geneva Airport into Genève Airport as one can read sometimes "Genève" on English websites (such as Berne and Bern can be read on both Cantonal and City official websites) ;) - I mean, if Geneva Airport is official, finally, who cares, one should use the local non-official name of the place ;) Done with irony (humor). We have over 7 days of talking, if someone wants to close the discussion, please do. :) Ngagnebin (talk) 02:05, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
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