Originally Posted by IAN-UK

These monthly views certainly give a better picture of passenger demand than the occasionally (frightening) anecdotal report from a single flight.

But single monthly statistics are vulnerable to all sorts of outside influences on regional as well as wider propensities to travel. National holidays, school and university term dates are among events that can have a disproportionate impact on a niche airport and airline combination.

It ill be great if Cardiff does become an established component of QR's network, but perhaps not quite the moment to get hopes up.