Cardiff Airport - General Thread

[CAN&I]

As per the CAT Order of Judgment, nothing has been filed online as of 4pm today, 10th May 2026.

Guess we’ll have to wait and see over the next 24–48 hours whether anything changes, or whether the matter can finally be put to rest.

Nothing as of 4pm today either. When do we all think we can call the matter as "dead"?

Now that the election is over, and the legal proceedings with BRS terminating perhaps we might hear some positive news from CWL regarding future routes, and possibly cargo services, the appointment of the new cargo expert to the board of the airport, as a non executive director should certainly help matters.

There has been rumours of an airline or two waiting in the wings for the dust to settle on the legal proceedings and the next government. With the legal challenge now seemingly all but confirmed as done, it may be a while for Plaid to get their feet under the table and complete their promised "strategic review". Hate to pee on anyone's chips (and more than happy to buy anyone a new bag of chips if wrong) but... just can't see much positive news transpiring before the end of the year.

 

[Jerry]

Nothing as of 4pm today either. When do we all think we can call the matter as "dead"?


There has been rumours of an airline or two waiting in the wings for the dust to settle on the legal proceedings and the next government. With legal challenge now seemingly all but confirmed as done, it may be a while for Plaid to get their feet under the table and complete their promised "strategic review". Hate pee on anyone's chips (and more than happy to buy anyone a new bag of chips if wrong) but... just can't see much positive news transpiring before the end of the year.

Any new airlines would more likely be for Summer 2027 so probably not announced until October/November time I'd imagine.

 

[StanMan]

If a freight carrier is amongst those considering CWL, the summer season timing is much less relevant - the brief flirtation with European Cargo shows that the run in to Xmas can be a Prime time (no cargo-related pun intended!)