What's not been mentioned is the capacity that TCX used to supply, 3 aircraft at BRS and 1 at CWL, which in terms of package holiday capacity, hasnt fully been replaced.
There are a huge amount of Welsh passengers using BRS, even on routes already available at CWL. What Jet2 will do is bring prices down and encourage more of those Welsh passengers to use CWL. TUI now have a captive market for Package holidays in South Wales, along with EZY on a smaller scale at BRS with their latest offering.
Prices will go up at both CWL and BRS but a big reason why so many welsh use BRS is price, the same TUI holidays are often cheaper at BRS.
It was reported that over 1m Welsh use BRS, granted on number of routes not served from CWL, but theres also a lot of leakage from Wales to BHX and LON.
I also wouldnt be surprised if people from the Southwest would use Jet2 at CWL if it were to ever happen.
Jet2 seem to have a good following and I know a number of people who will specifically travel to BHX or even MAN to use them.
There are a huge amount of Welsh passengers using BRS, even on routes already available at CWL. What Jet2 will do is bring prices down and encourage more of those Welsh passengers to use CWL. TUI now have a captive market for Package holidays in South Wales, along with EZY on a smaller scale at BRS with their latest offering.
Prices will go up at both CWL and BRS but a big reason why so many welsh use BRS is price, the same TUI holidays are often cheaper at BRS.
It was reported that over 1m Welsh use BRS, granted on number of routes not served from CWL, but theres also a lot of leakage from Wales to BHX and LON.
I also wouldnt be surprised if people from the Southwest would use Jet2 at CWL if it were to ever happen.
Jet2 seem to have a good following and I know a number of people who will specifically travel to BHX or even MAN to use them.