The Welsh Conservatives have renewed criticism of Labour’s reckless spending on Cardiff Airport, following a written statement from the Minister for Economy confirming that Bristol Airport has launched a legal challenge against the planned £205.2 million subsidy via the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure Sam Rowlands MS, said:
“The Welsh Labour Government has already sunk more than £200 million of taxpayers’ money into this failing nationalised airport - that’s around £286 per household across Wales.
“Given these figures, people across Wales will rightly question what they are getting in return.
“Labour has shown time and time again that Ministers in Cardiff Bay have no idea how to run an airport and they should follow calls from the Welsh Conservatives that this failing airport should be sold to the private sector, so that it can not only survive but thrive.”
