Originally Posted by
caaardiff
Absolutely agree with your points. But if CWL can attract that many passengers from double, sometimes triple daily frequencies, if BE were to reduce the frequency then there will still be good demand and increased yield. Undoubtedly they will lose some custom to EZY at BRS for people looking for day returns.
How many Q400s are based at EXT?
The demand for the flights is there in general but i just wonder if they aren't sustainable with BRS so close, it's just a shame that the E jets aren't getting replaced by Q400s as they might have more of a chance with them.
At the moment the frequencies of the routes that could be operated by Q400s are this.
Edinburgh 17 weekly departures, Dublin 15 weekly departures, Belfast 11 weeky departures, Paris 11 weekly departures, Glasgow 5 weekly departures, Jersey 3 weekly departures, Cork 2 weekly departures and in the winter Geneva 2 weekly departures and Chambery 1 weekly departure.
It'll be interesting to see how many of those flights remain assuming that Flybe will operate into Cardiff after October.