Originally Posted by
Letsflycwl
Well maybe not a state owned airline but certainly a private one. The old Air Wales grew a tidy network but certainly was chaotic with 5 aircraft on some low yield routes. But with the loss of BHD, DUB & CDG these would be ideal as the passenger figures were very high in these 3 routes especially.
I've no doubt the those routes are profitable but profitable enough to sustain a national carrier especially with Edinburgh taken up. Any carrier that wants to make Cardiff a profitable base would essentially need domination of the sun routes as well which would be hard at the moment because of Vueling and Ryanair on them.
I generally think Wales needs the airlines like Aer Lingus, Air France and Ryanair more than a national airline as they have not just the connections but also the profile not just amongst their own countries people and Europe but also the people of Wales itself.