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New Meet and Greet car park service has been launched.
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news...greet-service/
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news...greet-service/
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34% load factor on the Doha service is definitely not 'moving in the right direction' to quote someone in an earlier post.
This route better start working or it will be gone quicker than you realise.
Newcastles Dubai service was around 70% when it first launched.
This route better start working or it will be gone quicker than you realise.
Newcastles Dubai service was around 70% when it first launched.
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Well I'd have thought it has 2 year's at least considering the marketing deal in place. If what I've heard is correct then July should be a lot better.
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It'll stay for ages yet, certainly until the other side of Qatar 2022, so better get used to the fact that CWL has a ME link. You have no idea of the inbound loads, the split in the cabin, the cargo loads or any corporate contracts the route may be sustaining.
Look at some of the cities QR are going to be flying to and think to yourself if they really care about things like load factors. TLL, GOT, LUX, AGP, JMK? Hardly massive inbound markets on the global scale and very small populations (relative to other QR cities) for outbound too.Not traditionally places which would have a ME link for sure. It's about promoting Qatar for the upcoming world cup and the fact it can stand up against the blockade too.
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The QR flight is making money with the cargo on board only, technically it doesn't need any passengers to make a profit on the route. July and August figures for the pax are doing very well indeed. Inbound pax are good as well and bringing in a variety of foreign tourists in particular Japanese. So the flight is starting to do what the Welsh Assembly wanted more tourists to Wales. 👍 Cardiff City centre seems to have a bigger mix of foreign tourists. So that can only be good for Wales finances. I am not a fan of the Welsh Assembly, but what they have done with Cardiff Airport seems to be working well at the moment.
The QR flight is making money with the cargo on board only, technically it doesn't need any passengers to make a profit on the route.
And before anyone mentions UPS and FedEx; they are integrators not traditional cargo airlines.
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Are Flybe starting CWL-PMI flights as of April 2019? Heard a few rumours and it’s been added onto Wiki (I know that’s not gospel) but someone must know if this rumour is true.
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That's interesting. Hopefully it'll be part of an expansion and not replace either Berlin or Dusselsdorf or both!
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someone must know if this rumour is true.
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Flew with Iberia Express to Madrid yesterday from Cardiff. Great flight and great route that CWL has attracted! Also by my estimate at least half the passengers of about 160 were Spanish and at time's it felt like it was a domestic flight in Spain! It's great that the route is attracting Spanish tourists into Wales!
I believe that in the eyes of tourism boards every visitor to anywhere who overnights is categorised as a "tourist" whether they're traveling for business or pleasure!
To be honest, if 50% of the load were Spanish that in itself is a result for Cardiff and greater South Wales in general.
To be honest, if 50% of the load were Spanish that in itself is a result for Cardiff and greater South Wales in general.
The QR flight is making money with the cargo on board only, technically it doesn't need any passengers to make a profit on the route.