Originally Posted by
bad bear
Also an interesting article in “Wales on line “ saying the airport has had its best year in 8 and claims to have made a profit. So far the airport has only spent £30m of the available £38m loan available. Airport now planning to spend £100m on new terminal which it needs if there are to be more than 2 m passengers ( previous best year was 2.3m passengers)
future plan suggests 3 m passengers by year “ X” . What happens if Flybe dump Cardiff and only a few of the routes were profitable enough for another airline to pick up?
The money for the new terminal was always supposed to come from a private investor whether that is still the plan idk. Flybes withdrawal will throw a spanner into their projections. As for routes I imagine that the airport will try and get Ryanair to replace some and then try to attract other airlines like Eurowings and and Volotea and Loganair on others. Bumpy road ahead for Cardiff!