Following hot off the press that the Heathrow Gatwick decision would be made next week, a downing street spokesperson has now backtracked saying that Theresa May will not make a decision until Winter 2017. Theresa May had earlier told ministers at Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting that a decision on increasing airport [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has cut its profits forecast from €1.35bn to €1.30bn, a cut of 5% on its previous forecast. The airline blames a the fall in the pound (sterling) since the brexit vote and claims the revenue it earns from tickets with fall to around 15% in the second [read more]
Use it or Lose it, that’s the message from Flybe who have now extended the Cardiff Airport to London City flights beyond the closure of the Severn Rail Tunnel. Passengers on the daily flights to London City were surveyed with 95% saying they would continue to use the service that sees [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is to cut 66 jobs at its engineering facility at Cardiff Airport. The facility, known as British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) was opened in 1993 and employs over 700 skilled people. It carries out maintenance on British Airways fleet of Boeing 767, 747, 777 and 787 aircraft. [read more]
Monarch Airlines (ZB/MON) has had its ATOL certificate renewed for 1 year following a last minute rescue package from Owners Greybull. The low-cost airline and holiday company had until midnight tonight to secure the funds needed to sure up its finances before the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) pulled the plug [read more]
Vueling Airlines (VY/VLG) have announced a series of flights to help rugby fans support Wales in France and Italy during the 2017 RBS 6 Nations championship. The biggest compeition in Northern hemisphere rugby kicks off on the 4th February 2017 with Wales playing their first game the following day in [read more]
Flybe have announced that it will commence flights from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to Rome (FCO/LIRF) from March 2017. The service will be operated twice-weekly on a Tuesday and Saturday with flights leaving Cardiff at 13:50 and 09:20 respectively. Promising flights from just £24.99 one-way, Flybe said: “We are delighted be [read more]
9am on a Saturday morning would normally see me sipping a coffee, maybe checking some emails and catching up with the worlds overnight events but today is different, today it finds me handing my passport over to the Military Police. The reason? I’ve been invited to spend some time with [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has continued its growth trend for the 16th consecutive month. The rolling total for the Welsh hub now stands at an increase of 27%. This growth has been helped by the introduction of Flybe’s Cardiff to London City route which is operating whilst the Severn rail tunnel is [read more]
The 1st October 2016 marks the start of a new route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) as Flybe begin direct flights to the German capital, Berlin. The first flight departs Cardiff at 15:00hrs today as BEE4597 to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT). The route was originally scheduled to start on the 2nd [read more]
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