Originally Posted by
MerchantVenturer
The Welsh Government's wholly owned airport company did not provide the one million pounds marketing support. It came directly from the Welsh Government and will not appear in their airport company's balance sheet.
Privately-owned airports undoubtedly do spend money on marketing and route support but that is a commercial decision, will impact on the airport company's profit/loss and will be shown in the company's balance sheet.
That's the situation the UK government has provided - a quasi federal system with significant autonomy for three of the four constituent countries - and if the WG takes advantage of this who can blame them?
That is exactly the point; the advantages the Wales, Scotland and N.I have are not available to England. I wouldn't blame the Welsh government for using this advantage, but it doesn't alter the facts that England effectively has no autonomy, and as a result the money and subsidy largely get sucked into London, where it is needed least.
That's a political point, and this forum isn't there to discuss politics.