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]
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]
Monarch (MON/ZB) has reached an 11th hour deal with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to extend its ATOL licence for 12 days this evening thanks to “significant investment” from its shareholders. In a statement Monarch CEO Andrew Swaffield thanked the CAA for granting the extension adding “I am delighted that [read more]
Monarch Airlines (MON/ZB) is in talks with the Civil Aviation Authority about a crisis extension to the deadline for renewing its ATOL certificate which expires at midnight tonight (Friday 30th September). The CAA raised concerns about Monarchs financial stability earlier this week prompting fears that Monarch could collapse. The CAA [read more]
Whilst Monarch’s (MON/ZB) twitter agents continue to fend off rumours of Monarch’s demise news has emerged that veteran chairman Sir Roy McNulty “quickly and quietly” his post. Monarch informed Companies House of McNulty’s exit on the 9th August 2016, just over a month before the airline hit troubled water over [read more]
Ryanair has today announced it will commence a Cardiff to Faro, Portugal route for Summer 2017. The new flight is the 2nd route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the Irish low-cost carrier and comes on the back of the success of its existing Tenerife flight. The flight will operate twice [read more]
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