Recent content by Foxlimayankee

The first and second paragraph are a contradiction of each other. On one hand your saying CWL and BRS aren't on a level playing field because Bristol took better decisions in its past with the private sector investment it received to grow. Which is how private business works. You snooze, you...

A level playing field is an equal charge across nations and airports. If the government chooses to reduce APD In Wales then it is subsidising the difference as the money still needs to be paid to the treasury.

The irony is that by not devolving APD CWL remains on a level playing field with England as its the same price.

I know route development is a continual thing, but i'm surprised it's expected to be over £10m a year. I would have thought the large majority of that would be required almost immediately to get Airlines in. I don't think CWL will ever see a long line of Airlines queueing at the door, so the key...

Ive often wondered if the money CWL will be getting will be used on other things, like terminal and infrastructure, which would free up funds from income to be put towards route development on competing routes. Could be a spin put on it.

Didn't Cardiff have a large sum of money from the WG as part of the initial nearly £200m thats been spent on it? On a slightly different note, with all the expansion happening at Bristol it will be interesting to see what happens with the road infrastructure to be able to cope with increased...

I did think the same thing. I had to check i hadn't missed easter!

Currently only 14 seats available on the CWL-AGP sector.

Its rare that every passenger on TUI flights will select seats. Many will wait until check in. If anything TUI will be looking to add more of their own long haul flights to find something for the aircraft to do. There isn't much ad-hoc long haul flying in the winter season. They are probably...

To be fair to Ryanair they will always do their best to avoid cancelling. Easyjet however will cancel flights at the drop of a hat and operate much tighter with regards to crew workings. Many factors will be at play though, subject to crew and aircraft availability. Had it been peak summer they...

Palma is a no brainer, and I'm quite surprised has not been picked up again already. Looking at July from BRS there are 53 flights a week (FR - 11, EZY - 21, Jet2 - 13, TUI - 8) A route like that should be able to sustain a few weekly summer flights without too much incentive given to Airlines...

Cruise flights have always done well from Cardiff. Bristol haven't seen many at all over the years. Between Cardiff, Exeter and Bournemouth it probably covers most areas. From reading elsewhere Norse haven't had a good reputation for reliability in comparison to TUI.

Times and the winter market has changed since those days. BMIbaby also didn't fly as far as the canaries, which is essential for winter flights. When you look at how many ski flights go from Bristol every week as well, the ski market has grown a fair bit.

Bit dramatic. Facts: CWL was part of a portfolio of Belfast, Luton and Cardiff, with the first two being the owners main priority. Then that company wanted out of aviation, so little investment was put into CWL prior to that happening. Which jobs lost at employers? Hypocrisy? You're putting...

So much to pick out from that. Because Wilko and Poundland are private businesses that don't offer benefits to the Welsh economy in the same way an Airport would. What if those staff, airline and airport, don't want to relocate? Same with BA staff. Handling agent staff aren't paid very much...