| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:10 - Jan 1 with 609 views | Lord_Bony |
This is true. The duty fees per passenger are amongst the highest in Europe.
Ryanair would love to open more routes from CWL but its not worth it.
They suggest it goes to the WAG to reduce or abolish these fees....then we d really see that airport take off (pardon the pun).
As it is everyone just goes to Bristol because Easy Jet and Ryanair can operate at a profit there and offer much more destinations and value as a result. Took loads of trips last year for under £30 there and back. |  |
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| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:28 - Jan 1 with 589 views | Dr_Winston |
| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:10 - Jan 1 by Lord_Bony |
This is true. The duty fees per passenger are amongst the highest in Europe.
Ryanair would love to open more routes from CWL but its not worth it.
They suggest it goes to the WAG to reduce or abolish these fees....then we d really see that airport take off (pardon the pun).
As it is everyone just goes to Bristol because Easy Jet and Ryanair can operate at a profit there and offer much more destinations and value as a result. Took loads of trips last year for under £30 there and back. |
Let's hazard a guess at what will happen.
CWL will continue to lose money. There will probably be some sort of Carbon Tax reason behind a non-reduction of landing fees.
But it won't matter. The place will continued to be subsidised by the taxpayers everywhere else in Wales on the spurious grounds that Wales needs its own International airport, despite there being a far superior facility less than an hours drive away.
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| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:33 - Jan 1 with 584 views | majorraglan |
| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:10 - Jan 1 by Lord_Bony |
This is true. The duty fees per passenger are amongst the highest in Europe.
Ryanair would love to open more routes from CWL but its not worth it.
They suggest it goes to the WAG to reduce or abolish these fees....then we d really see that airport take off (pardon the pun).
As it is everyone just goes to Bristol because Easy Jet and Ryanair can operate at a profit there and offer much more destinations and value as a result. Took loads of trips last year for under £30 there and back. |
I didnt realise their fees were so high, we are amongst the poorest regions of the UK and have some of the highest charges....
I would imagine that because of the low number of flights and passengers and the need to retain certain functions, the costs per person are much higher hence the charges being higher, but surely with some imagination and engagement with the airlines they could work to a position where flights could be increased and duty decreased. |  | | |
| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:44 - Jan 1 with 579 views | Lord_Bony |
| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:28 - Jan 1 by Dr_Winston |
Let's hazard a guess at what will happen.
CWL will continue to lose money. There will probably be some sort of Carbon Tax reason behind a non-reduction of landing fees.
But it won't matter. The place will continued to be subsidised by the taxpayers everywhere else in Wales on the spurious grounds that Wales needs its own International airport, despite there being a far superior facility less than an hours drive away.
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Well lets not forget its now owned by the Welsh Government who expect it to be turned around and make a profit in the near future.
But again they are they are their own worse enemy, a lot of the these different fees could be reduced or abolished, what's the point of having high fees with hardly any planes taking off, its just daft.
Great airport for me as its only a short drive away, but until the low cost carriers start offering the same level as Bristol then I have no choice but to use that one. Its a tricky situation, interestingly the ones leading the crusade on this is Plaid Cymru. | |
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| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:53 - Jan 1 with 567 views | Dr_Winston |
| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:44 - Jan 1 by Lord_Bony |
Well lets not forget its now owned by the Welsh Government who expect it to be turned around and make a profit in the near future.
But again they are they are their own worse enemy, a lot of the these different fees could be reduced or abolished, what's the point of having high fees with hardly any planes taking off, its just daft.
Great airport for me as its only a short drive away, but until the low cost carriers start offering the same level as Bristol then I have no choice but to use that one. Its a tricky situation, interestingly the ones leading the crusade on this is Plaid Cymru. |
Thus far the WAG have proven to be largely incapable of running things that aren't expected to make a profit. I don't have much optimism. | |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:58 - Jan 1 with 558 views | Lord_Bony |
| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 11:53 - Jan 1 by Dr_Winston |
Thus far the WAG have proven to be largely incapable of running things that aren't expected to make a profit. I don't have much optimism. |
Their track record aint great that's for sure. But they seem to have a good team appointed to run the airport with a projected 3 year turnaround. CWL has potential, about 10 years ago it was making consistent profits year on year.
Then something happened, I don't know what, that turned it all to crap and its been losing money since. | |
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| £4m to be spent on Cardiff airport on 14:34 - Jan 2 with 427 views | Best_loser |
Turn it into an airport for drones then |  | | |
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