Highland Airways to fly Valley-Cardiff!

It was some time ago now, but well before my time at the company so I couldn’t say exactly when.

Tom.

Thanks for the update Tom.

When did that happen?

Moggy

Was….

Tom.

But it is / was owned by Atlantique. Highland’s parent company.

Moggy

Is it?? Well as i say, the links to it are very poor compared to Valley, so i’d think that was the key point in choosing.

Caernarfon is really in the middle of nowhere. It has a very poor road connection, no rail connection near by, and the terminal, is more like a shed. Tho the cafe does an excellent brekfast! 😀

But it is / was owned by Atlantique. Highland’s parent company.

Moggy

Why not Caernarfon? Does Valley has instrument capability?

This will please the North Welsh. Last visit to Caernarfon, the lady taxi driver was bemoaning that her took her ages to drive to Cardiff to see Bryn Terefel (“he’s lovely he is”) and an air service would be much better.

edit: just looked at my BINA. Valley has an ILS on 14.

Caernarfon is really in the middle of nowhere. It has a very poor road connection, no rail connection near by, and the terminal, is more like a shed. Tho the cafe does an excellent brekfast! 😀

Valley on the other hand, has the A55 about a mile from it, connecting it with the rest of North Wales, and Llandudno Junction, where the Welsh Assembly will build a “North” base, whilst you have the North Wales Coast Main Line running right next to it, and I mean right next to it, with rail links, to Bangor, Llandudno, Chester, Crewe, and London Euston.

RAF Valley is the best choice, trust me, I live just down the road from both airfields :p

Why not Caernarfon? Does Valley has instrument capability?

This will please the North Welsh. Last visit to Caernarfon, the lady taxi driver was bemoaning that her took her ages to drive to Cardiff to see Bryn Terefel (“he’s lovely he is”) and an air service would be much better.

edit: just looked at my BINA. Valley has an ILS on 14.

A commuter is a good start but at the end of the day if the local government dont get a return on there funding the plug will be pulled.

One would hope this will not happen and all being well it could lead to more commuter type operations not only out of Taffies Garage but out of Valley and possible a few other Welsh Airfields

We will wait and see lets hope it takes off, excuse the punn what I mean shows a strong return with in a year or so and if so it could grow.

Very interesting, this link has beeen talked about for years, Air Wales I beleive were planning to launch it. There have been some attempts to link Liverpool with Cardiff, but none very successful. Manx did it and later Air Wales, although has tobe said their performance was pretty poor. The route went onward to Aberdeen, where there is strong demand, but half the time they cancelled the flights. Ryanair are now doing LPL-ABZ.

Anyway good news to get a north-south Wales link at last.

Wonder if an other RAF base will become Commercial airports with RAF still there.

James

RAF Aldergrove is of course shared with Belfast International Airport and I think the Falklands Islands Airport is shared with RAF Mount Pleasant.

Regards

John

A new £1.5 milion pound terminal is currently under construction, and the RAF will only look after the ATC and saftey side of things.

The local council, has given Operon the contract to look after the commercial operations side.

🙂

😀 to RAF Valley that be brilliant seeing the Hawks you land a hawk takes off.Will the RAF handle the services?

Wonder if an other RAF base will become Commercial airports with RAF still there.

James