Cardiff-2

[MerchantVenturer]

Originally Posted by Sharklet_321

Total May 2019 CWL Performance is excellent overall with a monthly total that is 20,000 pax ahead of the likes of SOU.

CWL and SEN are the two airports immediately behind SOU in terms of annual passenger figures but are catching up, with SOU falling away into the bargain. In May:

CWL handled 176,704 (up 7.2%) with a 12-month rolling total of 1,618,285 (up 7.1% on a year ago).
SEN handled 203,284 (up 58.1%) with a 12-month rolling total of 1,646,146 (up 37% on a year ago).
SOU handled 159,249 (down 13%) with a 12-month rolling total of 1,921,779 (down 7.1% on a year ago)

CWL is seeing steady but consistent growth, as it has done for the past few years. With yet more pressure on the government to devolve APD together with the increasing likelihood that BRS (its main competitor) will find getting local authority permission to raise its 10 mppa passenger cap becoming more difficult following May's local elections, the 2020s could be a good decade for CWL.

[bycrewlgw]

Originally Posted by Sharklet_321

The Doha stats have increased by 69% over May last year but still seem incredibly low for a daily wide-body. Can anyone provide an accurate load factor for this?

Total May 2019 CWL Performance is excellent overall with a monthly total that is 20,000 pax ahead of the likes of SOU.

yeah not great numbers but it was Ramadan during this time so could have lead to reduced demand. Numbers did shoot up for the summer last year though so would be interesting to see what the figures are like this summer with people being able to plan summer holidays etc well in advance. Having said all that though it does depend on the yield and what cargo is being carried. Those numbers may actually be making a profit. We will never know.

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by Sharklet_321

The Doha stats have increased by 69% over May last year but still seem incredibly low for a daily wide-body. Can anyone provide an accurate load factor for this?

Total May 2019 CWL Performance is excellent overall with a monthly total that is 20,000 pax ahead of the likes of SOU.

It's not daily in May. It's 5 weekly. It's daily from June. But generally Qatar LFs for May seem low for the UK.
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[VickersVicount]

Lots of low QR LF across UK so don't think they're that fussed!

[LBIA]

Wizz Air will be operating 3x flights into Cardiff from Budapest & Debrecen on the 19th & 20th November in connection with the UEFA Euro Qualifier, between Wales and Hungary.

BUD 08:00 - CWL 09:45 / CWL 01:00 - BUD 04:30
BUD 08:30 - CWL 10:15 / CWL 01:30 - BUD 04:55
DEB 09:00 - CWL 10:45 / CWL 01:15 - DEB 04:45

[MerchantVenturer]

Originally Posted by LBIA

Wizz Air will be operating 3x flights into Cardiff from Budapest & Debrecen on the 19th & 20th November in connection with the UEFA Euro Qualifier, between Wales and Hungary.

BUD 08:00 - CWL 09:45 / CWL 01:00 - BUD 04:30
BUD 08:30 - CWL 10:15 / CWL 01:30 - BUD 04:55
DEB 09:00 - CWL 10:45 / CWL 01:15 - DEB 04:45

See #1115-1118 above.

[CabinCrewe]

Originally Posted by VickersVicount

Lots of low QR LF across UK so don't think they're that fussed!

And another 1-2 UK departure points planned for next 12-18 months apparently. With those intermittent and sometimes dire loads... have they no shame?! (and not a unnecessary shouty bold print, capitalisation or emphasis in sight)

[sinbad73]

Originally Posted by CabinCrewe

And another 1-2 UK departure points planned for next 12-18 months apparently. With those intermittent and sometimes dire loads... have they no shame?! (and not a unnecessary shouty bold print, capitalisation or emphasis in sight)

Aren't QR meant to be a vanity project for the Qatari government and they just thrown money at them regardless of dire loads? Isn't their sole purpose to usurp EK at any given opportunity?

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by sinbad73

Aren't QR meant to be a vanity project for the Qatari government and they just thrown money at them regardless of dire loads? Isn't their sole purpose to usurp EK at any given opportunity?

Or maybe they value the feed from the UK into their network? Passenger and cargo wise.

[PDXCWL45]

NATS have signed a 10 year deal to provide Cardiff airport with ATC and engineering services. They will also provide ATC for St Athan.
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news...rdiff-airport/

[bravoromeosierra]

Originally Posted by CabinCrewe

And another 1-2 UK departure points planned for next 12-18 months apparently. With those intermittent and sometimes dire loads... have they no shame?! (and not a unnecessary shouty bold print, capitalisation or emphasis in sight)

Well, that will get the rumour mill ticking! Newcastle or Glasgow maybe?

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by bravoromeosierra

Well, that will get the rumour mill ticking! Newcastle or Glasgow maybe?

Or Belfast?

[PDXCWL45]

According to the airport June saw 193,176 passengers use the airport with 6% growth on 2018. The rolling year was 1,632,689 passengers.
April, May and June have seen 496,434 passengers use the airport up 10% on 2018.
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news/2019/07/17/cardiff-airport-reports-10-growth-for-first-quarter-of-the-financial-year/

[PDXCWL45]

https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news...over-10-years/
From the article linked above.
The top ten most popular routes this summer are:

Palma de Mallorca with Vueling, TUI and Thomas Cook
Malaga with Vueling, Ryanair and TUI
Amsterdam with KLM
Doha with Qatar Airways
Edinburgh with Flybe
Alicante with TUI and Vueling
Dublin with Flybe
Dalaman with Thomas Cook and TUI
Tenerife with Thomas Cook, TUI and Ryanair
Paris with Flybe

Hopefully that means Doha is around the 9000 to 10000 mark for June

[bycrewlgw]

Forecast passenger figures 2019

anyone know what the forecast passenger figures for 2019 could be?

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by bycrewlgw

anyone know what the forecast passenger figures for 2019 could be?

I don't think that the airport put anything official out but i would've thought that the target should be around 1.65 million to 1.7 million passengers for the year.

[bycrewlgw]

Originally Posted by PDXCWL45

I don't think that the airport put anything official out but i would've thought that the target should be around 1.65 million to 1.7 million passengers for the year.

cheers for that. Nice bit of organic growth there 👍🏻

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by bycrewlgw

cheers for that. Nice bit of organic growth there 👍🏻

yes it is though some seem to think the airport should be doing way better.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-49023188

[bycrewlgw]

Originally Posted by PDXCWL45

yes it is though some seem to think the airport should be doing way better.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-49023188

Yeah I read that. Typical politician though.

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by bycrewlgw

Yeah I read that. Typical politician though.

Yeah part of it is political opportunity but I do get the feeling that their is a lot of the time an unrealistic expectation around Cardiff. I had a conversation with ex CWL management who feels that it's way under performing and should already be over the 2 million passengers mark. A lot of people I speak to seem to be believe Cardiff should be up there competing with Bristol and Birmingham as an airport. I just think that is unrealistic.