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What the hell is the Welsh Assembly doing in purchasing Cardiff Airport. I strongly object to my taxes being spent on some Labour pipe dream. And the Welsh Assembly want more powers. |
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"What the hell is the Welsh Assembly doing in purchasing Cardiff Airport. I strongly object to my taxes being spent on some Labour pipe dream. And the Welsh Assembly want more powers."
 If they get international flights into Wales and hence attract business travellers and business' then this can only be a good thing. I travel a lot and to have a major International Airport in Wales can only be a good thing. As for your taxes and the way they are spent, I count myself lucky that they are being spent on something that may lead to an income for the Welsh Assembly instead of on spongers, dole dodgers and tossers!
Maybe the assembly should have upped benefit payments instead of buying Welsh Business and real estate?  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What the hell is the Welsh Assembly doing in purchasing Cardiff Airport. I strongly object to my taxes being spent on some Labour pipe dream. And the Welsh Assembly want more powers.
If they get international flights into Wales and hence attract business travellers and business' then this can only be a good thing. I travel a lot and to have a major International Airport in Wales can only be a good thing. As for your taxes and the way they are spent, I count myself lucky that they are being spent on something that may lead to an income for the Welsh Assembly instead of on spongers, dole dodgers and tossers!
Maybe the assembly should have upped benefit payments instead of buying Welsh Business and real estate? "
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"What the hell is the Welsh Assembly doing in purchasing Cardiff Airport. I strongly object to my taxes being spent on some Labour pipe dream. And the Welsh Assembly want more powers.
If they get international flights into Wales and hence attract business travellers and business' then this can only be a good thing. I travel a lot and to have a major International Airport in Wales can only be a good thing. As for your taxes and the way they are spent, I count myself lucky that they are being spent on something that may lead to an income for the Welsh Assembly instead of on spongers, dole dodgers and tossers!
Maybe the assembly should have upped benefit payments instead of buying Welsh Business and real estate? "
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth"
And a valid point. Bristol Airport has the worst travel links imaginable and makes Cardiff look positively accessible by comparison, however you are spot on it needs to have better parking, road access and bus / train routes that are better timed and easier to access. |
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth"
Lets face it, to get there on the train, you have to get off at the Rhoose Bus Stop!
In the weather Wales have.. what sort of travel link is that!?
Add the fact that flight costs are sometimes DOUBLE or even more than that of places like Gatwick, its far easier and cheaper to get on the train to Gatwick or Luton for 3 hours for a flight, let alone Bristol.
We wont use Rhoose Airport, it's just not worth it.
If they want a airport to be economically viable, they need to sort out the costs. It will no doubt close the way it's going. |
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Last year we booked a package holiday via Thomson to Spain and ended up flying from Birmingham airport as the exact same holiday cost £300 less overall for both of us for flying from there than Cardiff.
This year it works out a little bit cheaper to actually go from Cardiff so I'd say it was a good thing. |
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth
Lets face it, to get there on the train, you have to get off at the Rhoose Bus Stop!
In the weather Wales have.. what sort of travel link is that!?
Add the fact that flight costs are sometimes DOUBLE or even more than that of places like Gatwick, its far easier and cheaper to get on the train to Gatwick or Luton for 3 hours for a flight, let alone Bristol.
We wont use Rhoose Airport, it's just not worth it.
If they want a airport to be economically viable, they need to sort out the costs. It will no doubt close the way it's going."
 I will have to disagree with you on the point of closure of the Airport. Even though it is not busy and currently has no long haul destinations worthy of note, it does offer direct links to the major European hubs for onward travel and is used frequently by business travellers to Europe and beyond due to the flights to places like Schipol and Charles de gaulle. I frequently use Cardiff for onward travel to Japan, India, Australia etc and find that despite its faults it makes an easy and local alternative and is great when I come home after an exhausting 12 hour flight and then only have an hors drive home.
I know I am more than likely the minority here but Business in Wales is slowly growing and I hope that the Assembly have the foresight and intelligence to improve Cardiff as an international flight centre.  |
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So yeah, the previous management seemed to be money grabbers who were running the airport into the ground with their high fees. I remember Ryan air pulling out of there in 2006 over the same issue as I had to take an originally scheduled from Cardiff flight to Dublin from Bristol in the end.
Oh dear for mentioning Ryan air lol - I've always been fine with them, just for a short Dublin hop once or twice a year tho, wouldn't fancy them for anything else. |
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The train service to Rhoose is one an hour at the moment with a dedicated bus to meet the train to shuttle people to the airport. This is going to be increased to two an hour when all the signalling work has been completed between Barry and Cardiff. Unfortunately the train station was poorly set out with its little shelter that would only hold about 15 people if they had luggage!!! Also the trains aren't set up for people with luggage.... |
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth
And a valid point. Bristol Airport has the worst travel links imaginable and makes Cardiff look positively accessible by comparison, however you are spot on it needs to have better parking, road access and bus / train routes that are better timed and easier to access. "
I'm not sure how you can say Cardiff is easier to get to. From where I work in St Mellons I would far rather drive to Bristol via Barrow Burney than drive to a Cardiff Airport via Barry. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A transport hub is only as good as the transport links
Because you can't get to the airport easily then people will always find an alternative 
Bristol has similar problems.
I'm fortunate, when up north to have the choice of Manchester or Liverpool which are easy to get to |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth
And a valid point. Bristol Airport has the worst travel links imaginable and makes Cardiff look positively accessible by comparison, however you are spot on it needs to have better parking, road access and bus / train routes that are better timed and easier to access.
I'm not sure how you can say Cardiff is easier to get to. From where I work in St Mellons I would far rather drive to Bristol via Barrow Burney than drive to a Cardiff Airport via Barry."
Personal preference, we live in Llanelli and Bristol is a lot further than Cardiff
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth
Lets face it, to get there on the train, you have to get off at the Rhoose Bus Stop!
In the weather Wales have.. what sort of travel link is that!?
Add the fact that flight costs are sometimes DOUBLE or even more than that of places like Gatwick, its far easier and cheaper to get on the train to Gatwick or Luton for 3 hours for a flight, let alone Bristol.
We wont use Rhoose Airport, it's just not worth it.
If they want a airport to be economically viable, they need to sort out the costs. It will no doubt close the way it's going.
I will have to disagree with you on the point of closure of the Airport. Even though it is not busy and currently has no long haul destinations worthy of note, it does offer direct links to the major European hubs for onward travel and is used frequently by business travellers to Europe and beyond due to the flights to places like Schipol and Charles de gaulle. I frequently use Cardiff for onward travel to Japan, India, Australia etc and find that despite its faults it makes an easy and local alternative and is great when I come home after an exhausting 12 hour flight and then only have an hors drive home.
I know I am more than likely the minority here but Business in Wales is slowly growing and I hope that the Assembly have the foresight and intelligence to improve Cardiff as an international flight centre. "
Cardiff airport has been making losses for years.
It's being financially supported by tax money..
It doesn't and cannot make it's way financially. If it wasn't for tax money it would have closed by now.
It's certainly not easy to use.. transport links are very poor. |
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"The airport will only be better used if they improve the travel links. Thats my 2p worth
Lets face it, to get there on the train, you have to get off at the Rhoose Bus Stop!
In the weather Wales have.. what sort of travel link is that!?
Add the fact that flight costs are sometimes DOUBLE or even more than that of places like Gatwick, its far easier and cheaper to get on the train to Gatwick or Luton for 3 hours for a flight, let alone Bristol.
We wont use Rhoose Airport, it's just not worth it.
If they want a airport to be economically viable, they need to sort out the costs. It will no doubt close the way it's going.
I will have to disagree with you on the point of closure of the Airport. Even though it is not busy and currently has no long haul destinations worthy of note, it does offer direct links to the major European hubs for onward travel and is used frequently by business travellers to Europe and beyond due to the flights to places like Schipol and Charles de gaulle. I frequently use Cardiff for onward travel to Japan, India, Australia etc and find that despite its faults it makes an easy and local alternative and is great when I come home after an exhausting 12 hour flight and then only have an hors drive home.
I know I am more than likely the minority here but Business in Wales is slowly growing and I hope that the Assembly have the foresight and intelligence to improve Cardiff as an international flight centre. "
Well said. Cardiff Airport is an important asset to Wales, and needs the support and patronage of the people of Wales. HOWEVER...the transport links to the airport DO require improvement. A direct rail-link from Cardiff Central railway station would be a great enhancement in moving the airport forward, and would greatly improve the passenger accessibility and patronage. Come on Welsh Assembly, get it sorted. Rich.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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they have had an increase in people using the airport already. but the biggest mistake is not building the link road to there they promised to build for 25 years or more.
You now have to go through possibly the most congested roundabout in south wales (culverhouse cross) to get there. a link road off the m4 is the only way to go and is a massive investment.
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The Welsh Assembly is very good at wasting other peoples money....they provide a direct bus link every 20 mins between the airport on cardiff city centre...and guess what, its almost always empty. This is Rhoose airport not JFK, and its your money they are squandering |
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"what about the busses that are going from
cardiff to the airport most are empty
and us taxpayers are paying for them"
Your totally right buses leave Cardiff Central station every 20 minutes I've never seen more than 2 people on a bus most of the time they are empty!! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Cardiff Airport is already dead in the water. Only a matter of time but in the meanwhile the Politicians in Cardiff will squander our money trying to keep the place afloat... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Cardiff Airport is already dead in the water. Only a matter of time but in the meanwhile the Politicians in Cardiff will squander our money trying to keep the place afloat..."
Dead in the water ? I use Cardiff regularly and OK it isn't exactly busy but I wouldn't want to bet it will go under or simply disappear, yes the Assembly will plough money into it, but have you not heard, the recession is over and business is growing so eventually, (hopefully!!) it will become self sustaining and grow.
Pheonix from the flames?
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"What the hell is the Welsh Assembly doing in purchasing Cardiff Airport. I strongly object to my taxes being spent on some Labour pipe dream. And the Welsh Assembly want more powers.
If they get international flights into Wales and hence attract business travellers and business' then this can only be a good thing. I travel a lot and to have a major International Airport in Wales can only be a good thing. As for your taxes and the way they are spent, I count myself lucky that they are being spent on something that may lead to an income for the Welsh Assembly instead of on spongers, dole dodgers and tossers!
Maybe the assembly should have upped benefit payments instead of buying Welsh Business and real estate? "
Spongers, dole dodgers and tossers?
Are you by any chance the Conservative party member for your local area?
Or maybe just another easily lead imbecile who believes the diatribe that party produces?
My opinion of the other facts would be that money could be made if links to the airport were greatly improved, you always have to speculate to accumulate, and it also makes sense to keep Welsh assets Welsh rather than lining the pockets of a French/Indian/Japanese/American/whoever conglomerate who will only get us to pay for improvements anyway |
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