Originally Posted by
Flightrider
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 promotion going. You can easily fly services at 100% loadfactor and still lose money. What you can tell is that the service is not doing well from a cargo perspective. 8 tonnes uplifted from the entire airport in the month of August is dire. Given that cargo accounts for a good proportion of long-haul income, the absence of it certainly won't be helping the economics of the QR service but whether they're good, bad or indifferent to begin with would be pure guesswork.
Far far too early to be hanging out the bunting yet.
211 tonnes brought in though so not like there’s not a cargo operation there. Edi for comparison only dropped 10 tonnes and picked up 4 so I’m sure the route isn’t performing too badly.
Yes yield is the main factor we all know that and it’s been talked to death several times on here but the fares are comparible to the London airports so they’re not heavily discounted. Of course CWL and I’m sure many other airports feature in the low fares promotions, it’s a new route and is going to take time to bed in. The passenger figures show there’s a market. What do they say? Loss in 1st year, break even in 2nd and profit in 3rd?