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[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by Letsflycwl

Someone on the Eastern Airways webpage has referenced both BHD & DUB being possible new Eastern destinations from CWL.

They also refer to the recruitment advertised for CWL (prior to the coronavirus pandemic)

Wishful thinking or a slight possibility??

Out of all the airlines Eastern is probably the most likeliest to take up the routes from Cardiff imo.

[DUB19]

Originally Posted by Letsflycwl

Someone on the Eastern Airways webpage has referenced both BHD & DUB being possible new Eastern destinations from CWL.

They also refer to the recruitment advertised for CWL (prior to the coronavirus pandemic)

Wishful thinking or a slight possibility??

Have you got a link for this?

[caaardiff]

Originally Posted by DUB19

Have you got a link for this?

I think its the Eastern thread on this site that's being referred to...

[allan1987 , 28th Jul 2020 17:38
There is an order in for 4 ATR72-600
1 E190 (ER-ECC) has been painted white at East Midlands,
1 JS41 (G-MAJU) has gone to cranfield
looks like G-MAJK (JS41) has been repaired and now back in service
1 E170 Still to come back from storage
more likely to replace G-CDEB (S2000)
the 2 E145 are up for sale
think 2 new routes will be CWL-BHD and CWL-DUB
There is only 2 ATR72's both are at SOU

[Letsflycwl]

Yeah that’s the one, sorry I should have attached it to my posting......there is also another one where someone said about the E190 being based for Sun routes but guess that is a massive long shot hope or wish !! But in fairness the BHD & DUB could be a good shot for the airline but then given the current state of air travel who knows.

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by Letsflycwl

Yeah that’s the one, sorry I should have attached it to my posting......there is also another one where someone said about the E190 being based for Sun routes but guess that is a massive long shot hope or wish !! But in fairness the BHD & DUB could be a good shot for the airline but then given the current state of air travel who knows.

Does "allan1987" speak for Eastern Airways? Judging by the use of the word "think" in the penultimate line suggests they don't - just possibly an enthusiast wish rather than an airline aspiration.

[PDXCWL45]

Sadly it seems for whatever reason CWL isn't a priority for many airlines at the moment. I'm sure though eventually the likes of Dublin and Belfast and Edinburgh will return hopefully at least by Summer 2021

[bycrewlgw]

Originally Posted by PDXCWL45

Sadly it seems for whatever reason CWL isn't a priority for many airlines at the moment. I'm sure though eventually the likes of Dublin and Belfast and Edinburgh will return hopefully at least by Summer 2021

with State aid rules potentially going next year when we have officially left the EU (trade deal pending), I wonder whether a small Air Wales v3 will appear? While I think there’s better things to spend money on and those in power would need to evaluate what happens with business travel etc, it could be an option.

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by bycrewlgw

with State aid rules potentially going next year when we have officially left the EU (trade deal pending), I wonder whether a small Air Wales v3 will appear? While I think there’s better things to spend money on and those in power would need to evaluate what happens with business travel etc, it could be an option.

But why. aviation is not a public service, like buses and trains, and if the Welsh government has money to waste on vanity schemes like that I feel sure that many people in Wales would feel there are more deserving causes it could be used for.

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by bycrewlgw

with State aid rules potentially going next year when we have officially left the EU (trade deal pending), I wonder whether a small Air Wales v3 will appear? While I think there’s better things to spend money on and those in power would need to evaluate what happens with business travel etc, it could be an option.

Problem is that the UK government seems to want control over many of the powers returning from the EU and I believe state aid is one of them so it will be a complete unknown what the WG will be able to do state aid wise concerning the airport.

As for a national carrier it would be nice to see an Air Wales again.

[bycrewlgw]

Originally Posted by ATNotts

But why. aviation is not a public service, like buses and trains, and if the Welsh government has money to waste on vanity schemes like that I feel sure that many people in Wales would feel there are more deserving causes it could be used for.

oh I know I agree and as I said there are better things to spend money on but, if connectivity attracts more inward investment, more job creation and there is a return to be made then it could be less a vanity project and waste to more a necessity that could get people out of the public sector (of which wales has a high proportion of public sector workers) and into the private. Obviously I don’t know the economics of running an airline and certainly not from CWL.

[ATNotts]

Originally Posted by bycrewlgw

oh I know I agree and as I said there are better things to spend money on but, if connectivity attracts more inward investment, more job creation and there is a return to be made then it could be less a vanity project and waste to more a necessity that could get people out of the public sector (of which wales has a high proportion of public sector workers) and into the private. Obviously I don’t know the economics of running an airline and certainly not from CWL.

The chances of inward investment anywhere outside of London given the double-whammy the UK is headed for, one of which entirely self inflicted, are remote. CWL certainly needs connectivity to N.I, Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as at least a couple of the major European hubs, one of which (Amsterdam) is already covered. Connectivity into the Aer Lingus transatlantic hub will eventually (after the USA gets Covid-19 under control) also be a must I'd have thought.

[PDXCWL45]

Originally Posted by ATNotts

But why. aviation is not a public service, like buses and trains, and if the Welsh government has money to waste on vanity schemes like that I feel sure that many people in Wales would feel there are more deserving causes it could be used for.

But the problem is that the same people who will complain that the money is wasted and that it can be used elsewhere will then complain that CWL is a disgrace of a national airport because it doesn't have the connections to places like Dublin. So whatever WG does they'll complain.
The reality is that the WG doesn't really have the fiscal powers to establish a national carrier.

[HDP]

Any idea why the C130 Hercules from Ohio Air National Guard (164th Airlift Squadron) landed in Cardiff today?

[Link Kilo]

Originally Posted by HDP

Any idea why the C130 Hercules from Ohio Air National Guard (164th Airlift Squadron) landed in Cardiff today?

There's a relatively new FBO there called Global Trek. They also operate from BFS and have a fair amount of US / Canadian military through there, so I guess GT offering CWL to their existing BFS contacts may be why it landed. I think they were formed by ex-PIK staff (when PIK took handling in house), which is where I assume the US military contacts came from.

[PDXCWL45]

"Edinburgh to Cardiff is just behind, at 304 passengers per day"
https://t.co/iZaSkmCeaZ

[PDXCWL45]

David Walters is the new finance director
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news...tor-confirmed/

[supermarine]

Originally Posted by PDXCWL45

David Walters is the new finance director
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news...tor-confirmed/

320 Departures for the last week at Bristol

27 Departures at Cardiff Its not a Finance Director they need, more like a Funeral Director

[TOM100]

Agreed - airport looks a bit of a basket case at the moment.....

[PDXCWL45]

Difference is that Bristol hasn't lost airline's that provided over have their daily movements between them.

[TOM100]

Doesn’t change the reality though the airport is not looking viable......in the short/medium term. Guess Spencer running this ‘arms length commercial’ organisation will be hoping the WG have patience....,,