I remain amazed at the sheer cheek of the WAG in supporting this route in any case, but the fact that in a time of serious fiscal shortage they have raised the subsidy still higher makes me also wonder what the WAG opposition are doing.
Good on Manx2 for getting the contract, but can anyone really justify £1.2m?
Another thought - this subsidy is designed to cover the NS Wales link. Manx2 will need to tread very carefully about opening new routes, since any whiff of cross subsidy may well predicate action by our Audit Commission chums. The contract is specific to a route after all, and is not a call to arms to allow Manx2 to develop a network out of Cardiff or anywhere else. I can imagine that if it is seen that way, you can expect flybe to go - quite correctly - into orbit.
TA