Alex Rooney: How Cardiff Airport became Welsh Labour's vanity project – and an ever growing money pit

Alex Rooney: How Cardiff Airport became Welsh Labour's vanity project – and an ever growing money pit

The Welsh Labour Government has agreed to hand over another £20 million to keep the struggling Cardiff Airport afloat. This is the next tranche in a staggering £200 million pipeline of support earmarked for the next decade. Once delivered, this will put total taxpayer support for the airport over £400 million. Let that sink in: £400 million of public money is propping up a facility that only serves a fraction of the Welsh population while essent…