I'd be surprised if malaga and Faro weren't in the 90s as well but can't be 100% sure and Tenerife is in the 90s if I remember correctly. In the end though it will be the yield that counts!

To summarise collectively:
BCN operates Tue & Sat so would have had 9 flights in July. Seats: 3402 / Passengers 3064 = 90%
(Note there were 211 charter passengers which shouldn't be included. I think these were from a TCX diversion en route back to CWL)
MLA operates Wed & Sun so would have had 9 flights in July. Seats: 3402 / Passengers 3128 = 92%
TFS operates on Thu so would have had 4 flights in July. Seats 1512 / Passengers 1420 = 94%

An average LF for the above 3 routes of 92%

Also Tenerife is no longer on sale in 2020 with last flight on 6th January. The same with Newcastle, the only other route that doesn't have a UK base, last flight 5th January.

Vueling LF's (assuming 180 seats A320's)
ALC operates 6 weekly (Not on Fridays) so would have had 27 flights in July. Seats 9720 / Passengers 8954 = 92%
PMI operates 4 weekly (Mon-Thu) so would have had 19 flights in July. Seats 6840 / Passengers 6108 = 89%

AGP - FR operates 3 weekly (Mon, Wed, Fri) so would have had 14 flights in July. Seats 5292
- VY operated 5 weekly (Mon-Thu & Sat) so would have had 23 flights in July. Seats 8280
Total seats available 13572 / Passengers 11678 - Average LF 86%

The UK government has refused to devolve Air passenger duty to Wales despite the recommendation of the Welsh Affairs committee in order to protect Bristol airport.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-wa...mpression=true

So devolution of APD could benefit Cardiff, and not Wales as a whole?

It would depend on what routes it would attract. Xity routes that attract inbound tourism would help to increase the profile of the whole country, I saw that for myself when I flew Iberia to Madrid last year. Long haul routes like Doha are the same, the marketing deal advertises Wales as a country not just the capital.
In the end it should be up to the Welsh government to decide how they use it to benefit Wales not London who don't seem to want Wales to benefit in any way.

Today is the last flight of the Flybe Rome service. Also ending today are Venice and Verona and Munich ended yesterday. Hopefully these routes will return in the future but now KLM will be the only option for these destinations.

Flybe at CWL
 

I would imagine some of these routes, namely FCO, VCE and VRN, are seasonal and may well return for S20...

Nothing on sale yet for S20 so the end isn't necessarily the end of the end.

The jets are going so I can't see them operating Rome on a Q400 and it was year round and to be honest I don't think Venice was much of a success. I wouldn't be surprised though if Verona returns for May to September.

All the jets will be BHX & MAN based so cannot see any of these routes operating from CWL next year

They operate Verona from Southampton with the Q400. It's a route that gets a few tour operators on including TUI. The other routes if they come back will be with other airlines no doubt.
I wouldn't be surprised if Verona fills the Saturday slot that Geneva uses on the overnight Q400 during the summer.

I don't think we'll see Milan back as the 2 likeliest contenders for the route would be extreme long shots. Air Italy and Alitalia. I do think Rome returning is more likely with Ryanair maybe in the future.

Inghams, TUI and Citalia Holidays all have big Lakes and Mountains programs using Verona -

SOU BRS and CWL all historically have, or had dedicated charter flights on Neos 737-800 (BRS) BMI (BRS) and Flybe on Q400's using either whole plane series, or taking large allocations on BE schedules.

It is a good route, but seasonal only - May-early Oct.

New airline in Loganair and Glasgow remains! Fantastic news!
https://twitter.com/SeanM1997/status/1170977699671748608?s=19

216,000 passengers used Cardiff airport during August and the rolling year was up 7% to 1.662 million passengers.
https://www.cardiff-airport.com/news/2019/09/12/more-passenger-growth-for-cardiff-airport/

Wizz Air
 

Sorry if this has been discussed before (I'm not a regular on this thread!) but I've just been booking a few flights with Wizzair and have noted Cardiff now appears on their destination map from Budapest and Debrecen - but no flights bookable....are they already known about 'specials', new routes or simply a route map error? Just wondering if regulars on here knew amything?

If they are new flights, Brexit hasn't put Wizz off the UK at all, with new routes and increased frequencies also being launched from LTN, BHX, EDI and DSA this winter.