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]
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]
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 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]
South Wales aviator and self-styled “Flying Vet” Maurice Kirk was reported missing in Africa after he failed to arrive in Gambella, Ethiopia but has since been found alive according to his son Charles Kirk. Mr Kirk (72), who claims he was a former drinking buddy of the late Oliver Reed, [read more]
When Concorde was retired in 2003 it marked the end of supersonic flight but if a company based in Colorado has its way, supersonic travel could return by 2023. Boom Technologies of Denver, Colorado have unveiled the demonstrator for their supersonic airliner project. The XB-1 nick-named “Baby Boom” is a [read more]
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