The Development of Cardiff Airport

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:20 pm on 11 December 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:20, 11 December 2018

(Translated)

Well, that work will continue, and it's true to say, of course, that the future of Ynys Môn airport is dependent on Cardiff Airport, and that is why I have been so supportive over the years of the service between the two airports. I know that the history has been difficult now and then, but it is a service that is up there with the best now, and we see that more people are beginning to use those aeroplanes because it's a larger aeroplane, and, of course, some people don't like to travel on smaller aeroplanes. But there are opportunities too for Ynys Môn airport—how can you link Ynys Môn into Cardiff so that people fly from Ynys Môn to Cardiff and then outwards in the same way as they fly to Schiphol and now, of course, to Doha? There are opportunities there to expand the services available from Ynys Môn airport, not, of course, just to link north and south Wales, but also to link Ynys Môn and Gwynedd, through Cardiff, to the rest of Europe.