Sadly, CWL needs a few serious routes rather than the bucket and spades in order to get it off the ground again.
Routes to BRU, DUS, FCO, FRA, MLP and MUC are a must, not just for the Airport but for wales too.
EK to DXB would open up Wales to the world and landing a JFK connection would bring in masses of inbound tourism from the USA and visa versa.
The airport management need to sort their act out and begin to offer some serious incentives to airlines to get them on board. The regional funding for establishing new air routes was successfully exploited by the Scottish Executive and landed both Edinburgh and Glasgow brand new connections to the Europe, the Middle East and USA. The WAG set up this fund too late and simply squandered an opportunity to help establish a decent route network from CWL. The only routes currently running are the CWL - BCN and Anglesey as a result of this. Now this funding is no longer available due to rule changes and unless Abertis invests some serious money into CWL, then the airport will slowly become a white elephant. This will do nothing for the local economy or that of Wales in general.
Come on CWL the potential is there.