Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd raised the expansion of Cardiff Airport at Westminster, saying that it should be the focus of growth rather than centralising the aviation industry at London airports, the Cynon Valley Leader reports.
Speaking in the House of Commons, she said: ‘Surely it is time passengers from Cardiff Airport were able to fly to more destinations in the world.’ Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy responded: ‘From Cardiff you can already fly directly to 61 destinations - from Alicante to Warsaw. However, Ann Clwyd is right that the business community in Wales would like more direct flights, for example to Germany and Belgium. Cardiff Airport is working on that together with the Welsh Assembly.'
'Although the airport is expected to increase its share of the growing aviation industry in the UK, many people from South Wales will still need to travel outside Wales to fly to their destinations.' Ms Clwyd responded: ‘It seems ludicrous people are travelling long distances to already congested areas of the country when regional airports like Cardiff are on their doorsteps.’
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