We ran this article on the morning of April 1st 2017. Whilst many saw straight through it, comments on facebook and other social media suggested many took it in. Obviously, it’s corrected at midday as its only a bit of fun. Everyone knows that if it goes on past midday then [read more]
Welshpool airshow have announed the line up for the 2017 Bob Jones Memorial Airshow. The event takes place at Welshpool Airport on Sunday 11th June 2017 and includes a Transport Festival. Flying Aircraft & Displays announced so far include: Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Red Devils freefall team A pair [read more]
The ban on laptops and tablets being introduced by the UK and US Governments is based on a credible threat from so-called Islamic State according to US sources. The ban due to come into force in the coming days means all electronics larger than 16cm such as Laptops, Tablets, DVD [read more]
Sources have told Aviation Wales that Cobalt Air have officially shelved plans to operate at any UK Airports other than Stansted, Birmingham and Manchester in 2017 meaning the much-vaunted route to Cardiff will not happen. The Larnaca to Cardiff route was originally touted as a launch route from Cobalt however [read more]
Retired USAF Pilot Colonel Richard Graham will be giving an illustrated talk about his time flying the iconic SR-71 Blackbird at a presentation evening at Welshpool Town Hall on the 12th May 2017. Col. Graham, who flew F4 Phantoms in Vietnam as a “Wild Weasel” pilot, was selected for the [read more]
Pembrey Airport (EGFP) has announced it is holding a fly-in and fun day on July 8th, 2017. Pembrey Airport have informed us that they are no longer planning any aerobatic events for the 8th July and it is now just a fly-in and fun day. The day which it describes [read more]
The Intra-Wales Cardiff to Anglesey route has been left with no operator as “virtual airline” Citywing called in the administrator on Friday. Isle of Man based Citywing took the decision to liquidate the company after Czech based Van Air Europe lost permission to fly in the UK. In the statement [read more]
Cardiff Airport have appointed former Heathrow executive Terry Morgan to an advisory role on the board. Terry Morgan is a highly experience executives in the airport sector having previously been managing director at Stansted and a senior executive at Heathrow. He joins the board in a non-executive role to support [read more]
The Welsh Government has put forward plans to offer a £10m fund to airlines wanting to fly from Cardiff Airport to London Heathrow. The fund is for the development of up to 5 routes linking Welsh Government owned Cardiff Airport with Heathrow. Heathrow is the controversially the favoured choice for [read more]
The formal report by the UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has concluded the aircraft did not reach the required height and speed to safely carry out the manoeuvre which resulted in the fatal crash at the 2015 Shoreham Airshow. The report released today showed that to safely perform a [read more]
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