Fog is causing problems at Cardiff Airport and Bristol Airport with flights being cancelled or diverted. Cardiff has seen aircraft diverted to Exeter and Liverpool along with cancellations for Flybe. Bristol meanwhile has suffered its 2nd consecutive day of problems with cancellations from Flybe & Brussels Airlines. Passengers due to [read more]
Flights are being diverted to Cardiff and Birmingham once again from Bristol Airport, the UK’s 2nd highest airport, as overcast clouds drop down to just 100ft above the airfield. So far Easyjet have diverted flights from Belfast and Glasgow to Cardiff Airport and more Easyjet & BMI Regional aircraft remain [read more]
This week we sat down with Welsh Conservative leader and South Wales Central Assembly Member (AM) Andrew RT Davies to talk Airports, Cardiff Aviation and Air Passenger Duty. Aviation Wales – Hi Andrew, Lets dive straight in, The Welsh Conservatives were very vocal about the Welsh Government buying Cardiff Airport. [read more]
Hello, Miss D’approach here and get used to me, I’m going to be around a bit. But don’t worry, I’m here for the lighter side of aviation. So who am I? As Daniel Craig once said, “if you know that you’ll be as clever as me”. But anyway, I digress. [read more]
Guernsey based Blue Islands (SI/BCI) will operate a 3 times weekly service from Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) to Guernsey (GCI/EGJB) from 2nd May 2017. Blue Islands operate a fleet of ATR (Avions de transport régional) 42 and 72 aircraft and it is understood that the service will be operated by an ATR72-500 [read more]
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said it is sending a team to Colombia to assist in the investigation into the crash of an Avro RJ-85 which killed 76 people. The AAIB team is being sent in accordance International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 protocols as the United [read more]
The first of 3 new helicopters for Wales Air Ambulance (WAAC) has arrived at Gloucestershire Airport. The brand new Airbus H145 helicopter is a flexible platform which has been designed to provide a large cabin with the performance needed to operate critical missions. It uses 2 Turbomeca Arriel Turboshaft engines [read more]
The first flight has taken place of the Airbus A350-1000 XWB, Airbus’s latest aircraft and Europe’s largest twin-engined aircraft. The aircraft, MSN059, first flew for around 4 hours on Thursday 24th November on a flight that marked the beginning of the test phase. It is one of three airframes that [read more]
The leader of the RAF’s Red Arrows display team David Montenegro, better known as “Red One” recently sat down to talk about why rank doesn’t engender trust, it has to be earned. You lead the formation. What exactly does that entail? David Montenegro: I have the glory of being able [read more]
Spanish airline Vueling (VY/VLG) has announced it is increasing capacity again at Cardiff Airport for summer 2017. 190,812 seats are now available to Barcelona, Alicante, Malaga and Palma from the Welsh capital, an increase of 16% compared to 2016. The increase is the 2nd in a row for Cardiff Airport, [read more]
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