Cardiff Airport, on the up.

[North Cardiff Blue]

I'm all for investing in our public transport infrastructure, but with the airport it does run a real risk of throwing good money after bad.

Cardiff airport will never compete with Bristol now. That ship (no pub intended) has sailed and Bristols catchment area is so much larger and the airport now carries more than ten times more passengers

But Cardiff is still punching way below our weight. The links to the city centre are truly shocking. A bus that could easily serve north Barry and Ely and the city centre is desperately needed. It's not unviable to create a loop on the VoG line either. Investment is also needed from a low cost carrier, as currently we just have a spattering of Ryanair flights, with pretty poor load factors (how full the plane is) too.

I am no fan of the WG these days and we have to ask ourselves why people won't invest. They have to bear some responsibility.

But I do support this as a use of public money. Need to see what the hell it goes on of course. The place is depressing at the moment. Anyone landing there to invest in Wales would just get on the first plane back out

Trains to Barry and regular buses from there to the airport could be good for increasing passenger volume.