By Denis Campbell
Last week’s story about the Bosch plant closing contained four lines about Cardiff Airport. We suggested the facility is broken and may need nationalisation. That prompted a reply from the airport’s Managing Director, Patrick Duffy. (His full e-mail appears as an image and as full text below the story). My response:
Dear Mr. Duffy:
I find [...]
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UK Progressive Response to Cardiff Airport Managing Director’s E-mail
Posted on 18 January 2010 by Denis Campbell | Comments (3) | Tags: Airport Managing Director, American Airlines, Bill Savage, BMI-Baby, Bristol Airport, Cardiff Airport, Cardiff and Co, delta, Frank Duffy, International Business Wales, KLM, lipstick on a pig, Miami Hub, TBI-Albertus, the Beacon Council in Miami, WAG, Welsh Assembly Government
It’s the Top Line Sir. An Open Letter to the New Welsh 1st Minister
Posted on 07 December 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (4) | Tags: 1st Minister, Amsterdam, BBC, BMI, Bridgend, Cardiff Airport, Cardiff and Co, Cardiff Hilton, Cardiff Marriott, Carwyn Jones, Florida's Sunshine law, International Business Wales, KLM, Labour, National Assembly, Sir Humphrey, St. David’s Hotel, The Ryder Cup, The Vale Hotel, Wales, War Cabinet, Yes Minister
By Denis Campbell
Congratulations, you won. You have no more bottom line to manage or expenses to cut so time to focus on swiftly building Wales’ top line. One only need walk past your constituent office in Bridgend to see that 1 in 4 storefronts lay empty (or leased by charity thrift shops). Economic growth is [...]
UA Transatlantic, Pass then Fail!
Posted on 31 May 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (5) | Tags: 1st class, BA, BMI, BOAC, bring your A game, BT, buh bye, business class, dead head crew, disdain and contempt, Facebook, Heathrow, KLM, London-based crew, Pass then Fail, PC World, poor service, Tesco, Twitter, united, United Airlines, US-based crew, Washington
by Denis Campbell
United Airlines flight 921 was the outbound on 21 May. The crew was London-based, cheerful, helpful and the flight comfortably uneventful. UA 922 on 29 May was the return leg led by a US-based crew: surly, arrogant, griping, worrying aloud about job losses, lacking in decorum, full of silly and rigid rules, ridiculously [...]
Got dem Recession Travel Blues
Posted on 28 March 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: Amsterdam, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff Airport, Gatwick, Heathrow, KLM, Netherlands v Scotland, Recession travel, Schiphol, Stansted
Air travel has become a rare experience for me. Where I used to travel weekly by airplane somewhere on business, since the start of this recession, I have taken only two trips. Yesterday began a third. I wanted to report on the differences now that we are in the teeth of it. How are the [...]
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