The Welsh Government has scrapped its North to South Wales funded air service, saying it will instead use the annual £2.9m public subsidy to improve integrated public transport.
The public service obligation route, between RAF Valley on Anglesey and Cardiff Airport, had been suspended since March, 2020, due to pandemic. The Welsh Government has now confirmed it will not recommence the route. It had been operated by Eastern Airways. Prior to the pandemic the route carried nearly 14,000 passengers a year.
The Welsh Government said pre-Covid some 77% of people using route did so for working purposes, but that a shift to hybrid and homeworking has changed demand patterns.
