Airport viability questioned in Welsh parliament
24.11.11
A Labour AM has challenged the Welsh Government to look urgently at the commercial viability of Cardiff Airport, saying it is in ‘commercial free fall’, the Western Mail reports. In a question to Finance Minister Jane Hutt, Mick Antoniw said that the airport has suffered a disastrous downturn in business at a time when other regional airports were expanding.
The number of passengers using the airport has fallen from two million in 2007 to 1.4m in 2010, take offs and landings are down from 43,000 in 2007 to 25,000 in 2010 and air freight down from 2,400 tonnes in 2007 to just 28 tonnes in 2010. Mr Antoniw was a council-appointed director of the airport in the 1980s before it was privatised. He said: ‘The airport is a key economic cog for South Wales.
To book cardiff airport hotel or cardiff airport car park at the lowest price, click on these links to two great cardiff airport car parking and cardiff airport hotel price comparison pages.
