Originally Posted by
cwlwatcher
Just read an article on "aviation wales". it suggested that cardiff needs a transatlantic link to reach the 2020 target. surely cardiff can get norwegian/primera? look at shannon in ireland. around the same size as cardiff and has 6 airlines to 7 north american destinations. thoughts and opinions please
I don't know how well informed the author of the
Aviation Wales article is but he cites 'sources' saying that CWL is in 'advanced talks' with 'at least one, probably two' US carriers and believes that a link to either Chicago, Washington or Atlanta is more likely than New York or Florida which he describes as 'already saturated' markets. He must be speaking generally as they are not saturated from CWL because there are no direct routes from there.
He projects possible passenger figures for a 3 x weekly service to one of the above three airports, but also believes that Primera or Norwegian could be options.
I would have thought that, if anything, Primera or Norwegian is more likely than a US carrier.
The US references in the article are part of a wide-ranging musing into the ways that CWL might reach its targeted 2 mppa by 2020.