The two new helicopters that will be covering coastguard duties in South Wales and the Bristol Channel have arrived at their new base at MOD Saint Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Augusta Westland 139 Aircraft G-CILP and G-CILN landed today at 15:11 and 16:07 respectively. Both aircraft are [read more]
Thomas Cook’s (TCX) one-off flight from Cardiff (EGFF/CWL) to Orando International (KMCO/MCO) departed today at 11:45 with an almost full flight. The route, which was a package holiday offering, has proved popular amongst welsh travellers and offers encouragement for future holidays of this type to Florida and other long haul [read more]
Flybe has announced that it is increasing the frequency of its popular routes from Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) along with a year round service to Munich. The increase is on the back of very positive passenger numbers on the existing routes and comes as the 2nd Embraer E195 aircraft to be [read more]
Cardiff Aviation Chairman Bruce Dickinson has today announced he is going to put together a fleet of aeroplanes based in South Wales which will be leased to other airlines. The move which could create up to 200 jobs is a major boost to the region and bolsters South Wales growing [read more]
Iron Maiden is flying a bunch of lucky fans out to Paris Beauvais (LFOB/BVA) today from Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) on-board a chartered Boeing 737-400 (9H-VVB). The Flight, Maiden 666 which departs at 13:20 arrived earlier following a short hop from Cardiff Aviation’s MRO Facility at MOD Saint Athan to operate [read more]
Wales Online is today reporting on an incident which happened on Vuelings Palma flight on the 11th august 2015 where cancer patient Rhian Journeaux, 45 was told to get off the plane as there was no seat for her. Rhian had booked for herself and her family to travel to [read more]
Airbus has today started production of the new wing for the Airbus A350-1000 XWB aircraft at Broughton in Flintshire, North Wales. Measuring 32 metres long and 6 metres wide it is the largest carbon fibre wing ever made for a commercial airliner. It was designed by Airbus in Bristol and [read more]
The Dublin based low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced it will be offering 25 flights between Cardiff and Dublin during September and October 2015 to cater for the Rugby World Cup. The airline, which uses all Boeing 737-800 aircraft, currently flies weekly from Cardiff to Tenerife and the new route, albeit [read more]
The annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2015 took place this last weekend just across the river at Bristol’s Ashton Court with promising weather. This hugely popular event sees mass launches of Hot Air Balloon’s on each of the 4 days and this year they achieved 7 out of 7 planned launches [read more]
Many people across Cardiff have recently been talking about an event that appeared on Facebook for the Cardiff Balloon Fiesta supposedly taking place on the 20th August 2015 at Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. Aviation Wales can report that this event has never been organised and according to Cardiff Council will not [read more]
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