It’s always nice to see something different at Cardiff Airport and when the RAF’s latest transport plane drops in as a weather diversion its always a bonus. Especially when we got the view from inside the next day! Designed to replace the Lockheed C130 Hercules, The Airbus A400M “Atlas” is [read more]
Cardiff Airport is expecting 35,000 passengers to pass through its terminal this christmas season, a 9% increase over 2015. There figures are helped by new ski destinations including Chambery, Munich and Milan. Winter sun destinations are also proving popular with Thomson and Vueling all reporting strong bookings for the season. [read more]
The conciliation service ACAS has said both parties have accepted its invitation to negotiate a settlement in the row between British Airways (BA) and its mixed fleet cabin crew. It is understood the talks will begin on Monday however one BA cabin crew member we spoke to said “They say [read more]
An amazing approach into St Athan by a Meridiana Boeing 737-700 was caught on video today. Before making the approach the pilots of Meridiana flight 7031 had been holding above Cardiff for an extended period due to low cloud and mist. They were eventually cleared for an ILS approach onto [read more]
A series of airline and airport strikes across the UK could cause misery for travellers wanting to get away this christmas. British Airways Cabin Crew are set to walk out for 48 hours on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in action called by the Unite union. In a second swipe [read more]
Looking for a last minute gift for the avgeek in your life? Here’s our top 5. SR-71 Flight Manual – The Official Pilot’s Handbook – Amazon £39.00 View on Amazon This is the reprinted facsimile edition of the manual issued to crew members of the US Air Force’s sleek SR-71, [read more]
Aston Martin has completed the purchase of the St Athan site which will be used to produce its latest supercar. The site which includes the former Ministry of Defence “Super Hangars” will be converted into a manufacturing plant to build the Aston Martin DBX. Work has already begun on the [read more]
Australian airline Qantas (QF/QFA) have announced the introduction of a non-stop service from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Perth (PER/YPPH) in Western Australia. The flight has been made possible by the class leading performance of Boeing’s 787-9 Dreamliner which will operate the flight. Carrying over 260 passengers, the flight will take [read more]
Figures released by Cardiff Airport have shown yet another month of consecutive growth at Wales’ national airport. November saw an 11% increase in passengers using the airport compared to the same period in 2015. This growth brings the rolling 12 month total to almost 1.4m passengers, an 18% growth overall. [read more]
The sale by Air Berlin of its stake in Austrian low cost carrier (LCC) Niki to Abu Dhabi based Etihad has paved the way for Etihad and Tui to create a super low cost carrier operation based in Germany. The 49.8% stake in Niki will be used by Etihad as [read more]
©2014-2022 UK Aviation News | A UK Aviation Media Production | Hosted and Maintained by Newport Digital | Find us on Mastodon