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6 years is a long time and a lot can change. In terms of ME demand these are the 2019 vs 2024 figures Dubai 2019 - 6,231,898 // 2024 - 6,184,981 Doha 2019 - 2,451,924 // 2024 - 3,593,471 Obviously these figures aren't specific to just Emirates and Qatar Airways, but there's been a big surge...

Winter is a challenge for every airline. There's untapped markets at CWL that could fill a 1 aircraft base during winter. ALC, AGP, FAO, DUB on less than 2.5 morning flights. TFS, LPA, ACE, PFO, and maybe some city break routes, PRG, FCO, MXP

Unlikely. They have an established maintenance base but it's flown by London based crews. You'd have to set up everything fresh, so makes no difference if the Hangar is in Cardiff or Cape Town, it'll make little difference to passenger flying. BA also have zero interest in flying from the regions.

Still pinning hopes on a S26 base. With increases across the 3 main non-domestic carriers (TUI, FR, VY) recently, i imagine money is being invested, which could lead to an FR base. Summer sees 16 weekly flights. 6 of them being fairly short DUB flights, so there would need to be an increase to...

Tenerife schedule being loaded for whole of Summer 2026. TFS-CWL 0545-0945 CWL-TFS 1010-1425

Not sure you can count Exeter and Bournemouth as serious competition from CWL. Both offer a limited route network, mostly of holiday flights or flights that are already operated from CWL on their own standing. There may be a small amount of people that use them from Wales but nothing...

Some info surrounding that here: https://www.travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/tui-expands-cardiff-programme-for-summer-26 Gran Canaria - 2x weekly already on sale Tenerife - 4x weekly, with the 4th flight recently put on sale. Enfidha - 2x weekly already on sale Antalya - 4x weekly but only 3x...

Lets just be clear that Sean's announcement isn't necessarily base, but flights to a UK airport. It could simply be one route.

Someone posted on a different forum the 93 FR bases for Summer 2025 and number of aircraft at each base. Below is the wishlist of possible routes I think CWL could gain from FR. In brackets is the number of flights from BRS with FR and EZY combined to show current demand. Dublin 34** Malaga...

It's not unheard of. They need to find something for the aircraft to do. A seasonal base isn't sustainable as they'd need to recruit new crews every year. At least with a 1 aircraft winter Base they can keep crews permanent and increase the seasonal recruitment for anything more. Routes wise...

There definitely seems to be some traction of growth with FR and VY. It's a shame it's just on the core routes, but still a great achievements with probably the highest number of seats to ALC and AGP ever seen. I get the impression with the sudden increases from Vueling that some kind of new...

Some people will pick that apart. My workings might not be correct so welcome thoughts from anyone good with finance knowledge... The previous year was £5.3m grant with a £4m loss, and this year is a £10m grant with a £210,000 loss. Take the grants out and last year was a £9m loss and this year...

I'm no finance expert but I do wonder if the figures are a little manipulated when you take into account government grants.

I read that line as the WG not getting involved in the reasons as to why Spencer has left.

I was sent a screenshot of a post on another forum that im not part of.

It's been reported that Spencer has left/been pushed with immediate effect.

This is an enthusiast site, consisting mainly of people that want CWL to do well and grow. Surely no-one can deny why questions can't be asked about why CWL is one of the few airports that haven't recovered since covid in the way other Airports can, especially when such popular routes are now a...

Good timings with an ATR to bring prices down a bit will make the route work, as EI have shown with BHD.

Reported on other forums that Taxiway Echo is out of use, presumably overnight with the runway works. The VS A350 is supposedly on stand 6, so aside from possibly Stand 7 for a 787, there's no space. Shame, as CWL could've really helped out.

Seats on sale for 2025: Scheduled (VY, FR, KL, LG, EI) - 522,758 Charter (TUI - including Cruise & Balkan) - 507948 Total seats on sale: 1,030,526. This doesn't include one off charters such as Rugby and others. It also doesn't include any winter flights from VY and FR not yet released (Hoping...