Originally Posted by
runway30
On one side you have Flybe who know that if they take their toys away they leave CWL with a very big hole to fill. On the other side is CWL who signed a ten year deal to subsidise the E jets in exchange for profits at the back end of the deal. I suspect that Flybe will want to rip up that deal, bank the subsidy they have already received and get another cheap/subsidised deal. Imagine what difficulties that would pose for CWL/Welsh Government and then imagine what a difficult conversation it must be.
Yes I understand how difficult it will be especially as I'd imagine if Flybe are after subsidies the airport will want based aircraft that Flybe might not either have or want to base but unfortunately the longer it goes on it will create uncertainty hanging over the airport and people will look elsewhere for flights.