Cardiff airport is facing extra pressure as a direct hourly bus service connects south Wales to rival Bristol airport.
The airport has seen a steady decline in passenger numbers leading to plans by the Welsh government to buy it – to increase the number of routes and encourage more passengers, see previous story.
And from March, holidaymakers in Swansea, Cardiff and Newport will be able to catch a coach to Bristol airport – only 24 miles from the Welsh border reports the BBC.
The Greyhound coach firm, which already operates between Swansea and Cardiff, is extending the route to call at Newport railway station, and the service will end "just metres" from Bristol airport’s check-in hall.
Robert Sinclair, Bristol airport chief executive told the BBC: "The new Greyhound UK service will enable people in south and west Wales to access the extensive range of destinations available from Bristol airport."
The journey time from Swansea bus station to Bristol airport has been put at two hours and 45 minutes, while the stage from Cardiff to Bristol will take an hour and 40 minutes.
