But what he is really excited about is the fact that Cardiff Aviation is in discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority about setting up an airline.
“Subject to approvals, we’ll be in the air within the next 50 days,” he beams. “Clearly that fits with the maintenance – both operations need each other.”
The plan is to start with three private jets, before sourcing some regional jets, and then working towards some larger, full passenger jets.
Looking at this quote from the article, there is no mention of scheduled services. Given the fact that Flybe are pulling out LGW as they can't make regional sized a/c pay there, a scheduled op between LGW-INV wouldn't seem to be an obvious choice.