Train from Cardiff to Chester runs twice per hour and takes between 3h00 and 3h20
I would struggle to see a good reason for that route needing air service with a large taxpayer funded subsidy when the rail service is likely already receiving a big dollop of Govt cash
Cardiff-Liverpool and Cardiff-Manchester both require longer by train and would likely generate more economic activity in comparison to Cardiff-Chester. There is also an argument that Cardiff-Manchester by air would give Cardiff additional access to some sort of an air hub.
No airline currently offers CWL-LPL or CWL-MAN.
Can only conclude that a Cardiff-Hawarden air route would be purely about Govt pork / political chest-beating with almost no economic benefit to the UK overall
Last edited by davidjohnson6; 8th Jan 2014 at 00:48.