No new scanners, fewer routes – where are the passengers?
Responding to news that Cardiff Airport will fail to install new scanners enabling passengers to take more liquids when travelling, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Transport, Natasha Asghar MS, said:
“The Welsh Government and Cardiff Airport have known for quite some time that it would be a requirement of all UK airports to get these scanners in place. I was fortunate enough to see for myself how much work was required for their installation and the benefits it would bring to passengers during a trip to Heathrow Airport. I fail to see how Cardiff airport and its owner the Welsh Government is going to entice customers from Bristol or Birmingham to fly from Cardiff and boost passenger numbers?
“Cardiff’s airport is smaller than other nearby airports and yet they’ve either installed the scanners already or are still aiming for the 1st June target.
“I hope the new Labour Minister responsible for the airport will listen to our action plan to deliver more passengers and more routers for Cardiff, ultimately enabling it to be sold and stop being the money pit that it is for Welsh taxpayers.”
