The Daily Post, the newspaper of North Wales, has done it again. Following on from their breaking story about governments spraying chemicals from unseen aircraft, they have exclusively revealed that aircraft fly over North Wales daily! The North Walian paper broke the story on saturday and showed video evidence that [read more]
Cardiff Airport is expecting to see 35,000 passengers this half-term, an increase of 20% on the same half-term last year. The airport reported the passenger figures yesterday, along with the most popular destinations this half-term. Palma Majorca is the top destinations for Welsh travellers getting away this week, with Vueling, [read more]
The University of South Wales (USW) is planning to open an Aviation College in Dubai after signing a memorandum of understanding with Dubai Aviation City Corporation. The USW Aviation Academy will be located near Al Maktoum airport to the south of the city. The facility is designed to serve a rapidly growing [read more]
Cardiff Airport today received an EasyJet flight that was diverted from Bristol Airport due to it being temporarily closed by a “hole in the runway”. The EasyJet flight from Venice was one of several flights diverted to different airports as Bristol was forced to close for repairs to be carried [read more]
Teams of budding construction technicians and aircraft engineers from schools across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan have been put through their paces at special Aero and Design & Construction challenges at Cardiff and Vale College. Eighteen teams from 15 schools took part in the challenges. Held to mark National [read more]
Flybe has today notified customers that it is taking control of the Cardiff to London City route following the problems with the planned operator VLM Airlines. The route which is due to start in September was to be operated by a VLM Airlines Fokker F50 however sent emails to customers [read more]
British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) has successfully completed the first “B” check of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The long haul maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport maintains British Airway’s (BA) long haul fleet including Boeing 747, Boeing 777, Boeing 767 and now Boeing 787 aircraft. The first 787 Dreamliner (G-ZBJA) arrived [read more]
It has been reported that Welshman Richard Osman is believed to be the only Briton onboard the Egypt Air flight which cashed north of Egypt earlier today. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar about 20 minutes north of Cairo and is believed to have crashed into the [read more]
VLM Airlines, who will operate the Cardiff Airport to London City Airport route for Flybe, have filed for Bankruptcy protection to restructure its operations after 2015 saw losses totalling 13m euros. The European regional carrier filed for the protection in a Belgian court and asked for 6 months protection from [read more]
Cardiff Airport has today unveiled its new departure lounge as the summer season officially got underway. The new area features a Ritazza coffee bar and a new bar & restaurant “The Beer House” which will feature Welsh beers along with other locally produced products. The new facilities were developed in [read more]
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