CheekyVisual,
Many thanks for your reply re bus routes from stands to terminal at BRS.
crackling jet,
It seems that the Welsh Assembly Government refused to agree to Delta's request for financial aid - a sum approaching £2 million per annum was talked about - for a transatlantic route from CWL and this decision has come in for criticism by some members of the business community and others in South Wales.
There is current speculation that CWL is seeking WAG support for an Emirates route from CWL to Dubai it is trying to set up.
Apart from the PSO route from Cardiff to Anglesey I'm not aware of any public money currently being used to support CWL or its routes or its infrastructure. The Welsh Route Development Fund was wound up several years ago when the EU imposed new conditions that made RDFs less attractive.
In fairness, BRS has had some public help in the past.
About six years ago the South West Regional Development Agency (a publicly-funded QUANGO) provided £1.5 million for infrastructure developments at BRS, although last year SWRDA stated it would no longer financially assist any of its airports. SWRDA even formally opposed BRS's expansion plans - talk about giving with one hand and trying to take away with the other! It might not be around itself much longer if the new Coalition Government gets its way.
The Eastern Airways Aberdeen-Bristol route that commenced in November 2004 was initially assisted by the Scottish RDF.