Originally Posted by
fanrailuk
Indeed, all very true. So what he’s saying in this article is if you’re an airport near the sea you have no hope…
(notably DSA was nowhere near the sea!)
I don’t think his comments were meant to be taken literally. I think it’s unarguable that Cardiff has limited access to a large market when compared to its competitors in Bristol and Birmingham, Bristol also being fairly close to the sea. Doncaster similarly is competing with airports that have larger catchment areas and that are more established (Leeds, East Midlands, Manchester) and the airlines have little inclination to add to their costs for diminishing returns by adding more routes from Doncaster. Far as I can see that is why Cardiff isn’t as attractive as it’s growth prospects are limited. Why go to the effort of investing loads of money setting up an operation from Cardiff when you know the target audience will just travel from Bristol anyway?