Originally Posted by
Fairdealfrank
A PSO route between Cardiff and Chester-Harwarden or between Cardiff and Liverpool would make more sense to link North and South Wales…Compare and contrast with RAF Valley.
But Bangor is another 80 mins and Holyhead over two hours from Chester, plus the connection. The populations you speak of are in decent proximity to Manchester and Liverpool Airports for European or global needs. For the purposes of a PSO the choice of Valley is/was defendable.