Bristol Airport Targets the Return of Transatlantic Service :: Routesonline
Shaun Browne, BRS aviation director, has said that the airport is 'very confident' of getting a New York scheduled service in 2016. He said that 'talks are in an advanced stage'. The airport came very close to achieving such a service for this year.
It seems likely that there wouldn't be two such services from Severnside and the CWL ownership and management have made it very clear that they want a New York route.
Based on the size and make-up of the respective catchments there seems little doubt that BRS would have an advantage. Operationally, CWL holds the better hand although the Continental B 757-200 seemed to have no problems during the five and half years it operated BRS-EWR.
Politics may yet have the final say if the next UK government decides to devolve APD to Wales, something that seems likely if Labour has to rely on the Scottish Nationalists and Plaid Cymru to govern the UK, where a
quid pro quo or two (or more) will be looked for. Without some form of compensating mechanism for England or the English regions CWL would have a considerable advantage over its neighbour when it came to long haul.