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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

29th Apr 2019, 19:37

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Cardiff-2

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Posted By Flightrider

Airports are largely asset-based businesses -...

Airports are largely asset-based businesses - assets on which there are normally borrowings to fund with interest on those borrowings, and on which depreciation has to be charged. Saying that an...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

4th Oct 2018, 14:57

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Cardiff-2

Views: 786,532

Posted By Flightrider

There is something of a difference between a long...

There is something of a difference between a long term investment in capital facilities and an air service that can be withdrawn the day the money runs out! I stick by my views - clearly not...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

4th Oct 2018, 07:56

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Cardiff-2

Views: 786,532

Posted By Flightrider

I think you'll find two have submitted the...

I think you'll find two have submitted the complaints. I don't need the form or the sarcasm myself, thanks. The issue isn't about a Government being pro-active in supporting economic development...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

3rd Oct 2018, 21:20

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Cardiff-2

Views: 786,532

Posted By Flightrider

I think that's exactly the point. Qatar would...

I think that's exactly the point. Qatar would not have chosen BRS, BFS or EXT as none of the local funding authorities in those locations would have offered the magnitude of support required to...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

3rd Oct 2018, 19:58

Replies: 1,904

Cardiff-2

Views: 786,532

Posted By Flightrider

I suspect that all depends on from whose budget...

I suspect that all depends on from whose budget the support for the Qatar Airways Doha service is coming. If it's from Cardiff Airport's coffers then I doubt the airport will show a profit.

A...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

25th Sep 2018, 08:33

Replies: 1,904

Cardiff-2

Views: 786,532

Posted By Flightrider

That used to be the old CAA route licensing...

That used to be the old CAA route licensing hearing principle and it no longer applies. Most airlines now are seeking a break even at worst in year one, profit by year two. Margins are so thin...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

24th Sep 2018, 21:31

Replies: 1,904

Cardiff-2

Views: 786,532

Posted By Flightrider

You simply can't tell. 73% loadfactor isn't...

You simply can't tell. 73% loadfactor isn't especially high for a long-haul service and there is every prospect that the yield isn't high as Cardiff has been included in every Qatar Airways low fare...

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