Is it not about time the CWL management team just gave up?
On the face of it it started well for next year - Helvetic and Air Southwest. However, even the biggest fan of CWL must admit Helvetic is an oddball that will do well to last the summer season (doesn't even have connections with Swiss!). Air Southwest - more to do with the Eastern merger and selling a positioning leg than any desire to operate NQY-CWL?
Then the bad:
- Aer Arran: Lost Cork completely, and Dublin down to twice daily at rubbish times. Apparently not due to route potential, just aircraft shortage. Really? GD have managed to get Arran/Lingus 3 daily to Dublin, head to head with Ryanair!!
- TCX down to A320
- flybe Newcastle gone
- GD secure a 4th KLM - Cardiff stay at 3
- Baby: An absolute disaster. No more needs saying. 3 aircraft two summers back, now one. Unbelievable that the management can let it happen. And anyone who thinks Baby being kciked out would result in Jet2/Monarch falling over themselves to throw A321s/737s at us is sadly very delusional.
Fear not though, the airport website news section provides us with this jem:
2011 promises to be an exciting year for us, with new routes including Ibiza, Dubrovnik, Venice and Verona available in the summer and new airline Helvetic Airways starting operations to Zurich in March. We hope 2011 will be a successful year for the airport and look forward to welcoming more travellers from South Wales through our doors."
New routes: Dubrovnik, Venice, Verona. Not exactly though is it? Some eastern European charter doing ONE OFF flights for a tiny tour operator. It would be laughable if it didn't smack of such desparation.
The tidal wave of passengers over the bridge gets ever larger. Bristol must be p***ing themselves. They don't have to do anything to grow their passenger numbers, just sit and watch the decline at Cardiff and welcome people with open arms! Cardiff enthusiasts please read the Coventry thread. Last one to leave, please turn out the lights.