The Tenby Observer
21 May 2024
Senior Pembrokeshire councillors are to lease Haverfordwest airport as part of plans to make the council-run facility, cost-neutral to the authority.
Last year, Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet, members heard the financial position at the council-supported Withybush airport deteriorated, with an out-turn position for 2022/23 of £238,000.
That loss has been reduced to an expected £119,000 for 2023/24 “following an extensive review of the operations of the airport”.
Following scrutiny committee backing for the airport to be leased, a more detailed recommendation was presented to Cabinet on May 20, seeking approval of the lease to “an existing stakeholder/established aviation company,” by giving delegated authority to the Assistant Chief Executive, with relevant input from officers.
[Read more: Pembrokeshire’s loss-making airport to be leased | tenby-today.co.uk]
