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Old 3rd Dec 2010, 19:22
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The subsidy has gone up to £1.2 million per year, a 50% increase on the previous subsidy at a time when all public bodies have to rein in their spending at draconian rates.

I've just looked at a video on the BBC Wales website that calculates that each flight is subsidised at around £2,300 and that if each flight was full each passenger would be subsidised to the tune of £121.

At the moment the 19-seat aircraft have average loads that are barely out of single figures so the subsidy per passenger would be considerably greater than £121.

When AMs and civil servants use the flights presumably they can reclaim the cost of their fares as expenses so the cost to the public purse is even higher.

The WAG Deputy First Minister must consider himself fortunate that he lives on Anglesey.
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