Pipertommy, Patrick is no fool.
The nonsense in this thread about illusory market opportunities dreamt up by handlers, controllers, security people and schoolchildren has no basis in professional airport management nor airport marketing. PPrune is what it is. Online blather. Just a bit of fun. The problem is that real jobs and futures depend on CWL. If only the whingers here were only read by the other whingers - that would be okay. Unfortunately, PPrune is also read by the media and other decision-makers ... and they take this rot at face value.
Airports grow because of the economic activity around them. That's what attracts airlines. Prior to CWL, I was privileged to work for AMS and BNE. Mercifully, they were not handicapped in their development by a bunch of ill-informed, grumpy amateurs. The result was ... success.
If there is anything the readers of this thread can do to lift CWL out of the doldrums, it's to gear up your local MP and AM to fix the stuff the airport cannot fix by itself. Stop posting here and start posting on Wales Online, GlobalWales, BBC Wales, thisissouthwales and so on - make your support of CWL into a political issue. Because, right now, the politicians don't give a damn about the airport (they can't see votes in it) and that's the real problem.