Clearly it is far to early to say if the route is a failure or a success, so the comments about "it's all positive" are as invalid as the "we're all doomed" types. I thought generally Prunners we're in favour of routes being given time to develop?
I have no problem with the WG as owners of the airport offering start up support, so long as the within the realms of that available from other commercial operators in the rest of the country - there should be a level playing field.
And to be honest, if Qatar want to operate an un-commercial service as a vanity project, are we bothered so long as the service is sustained and isn't constantly chopped and changed??
Being able to offer "Global connectivity" must be a good thing for the Welsh economy.