- Moderator
- #821
The problem i see for CWL in the future may well be justifying more loans or an extension of the loan facility. It does have it detractors and some feel that it'll never give value for money back to the taxpayer and will never make a profit so should be sold back to the private sector and if a private owner closes it then so be it. I generally don't see that happening as i don't think even a Tory WG would let it happen and a Labour or Plaid wouldn't sell it anyway. I do see CWL recovering in the long term but i do think that the 2 million passenger mark may not be acheived if at all for quite a long time.Being owned by the Welsh Government puts CWL in a stronger position than many smaller regional airports because post-Brexit it’s likely that EU state aid rules will no longer apply in the UK and the WG would then have more scope for subsidising routes. Listening to WG committees in recent months there seems broad cross party support for the idea that Wales must have its own airport. Although the main opposition parties will still niggle saying that either not enough is being done or too much is being done, whichever suits them politically at the time, they all seem to recognise the necessity and value to the country of an important airport based in and serving Wales.