Cardiff Airport’s Summer underway thanks to Thomas Cook, Thomson, Norwegian & Eurowings

G-FDZG Thomson Family Life (Credit: Angelo Harmsworth)
G-FDZG Thomson Family Life (Credit: Angelo Harmsworth)

Cardiff Airport’s (CWL/EGFF) 2017 Sumer season has firmly got underway thanks to the arrival of the summer based aircraft from Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) and Thomson (BT/TOM) along with the first flights by Norwegian & Eurowings on behalf of Thomson.

Thomas Cook has once again based an A320 chartered from Avion Express whilst Thomson has two 737-800 aircraft operating from Wales’ National Airport including yesterday’s arrival of G-FDZG, their “Family Life” logo jet.

Today’s Summer Departures

  • Thomas Cook: Dalaman (06:00), Tenerife South (13:00)
  • Thomson: Reus (06:00), Alicante (06:00), Heraklion (12:45), Kefalonia (13:05)
  • Norwegian: Tenerife South (11:45)
  • Eurowings: Palma De Mallorca (16:10)
  • Blue Island: Guernsey (11:15)

In addition to the based aircraft, both Norwegian Air International (D8/IBK) and Eurowings (EW/EWG) will be operating flights for Thomson to Tenerife and Palma respectively.

Read More: Where will you jet off to from Cardiff Airport this summer?

Today also sees the first flight of Blue Islands (SI/BCI) new service to Guernsey. The new channel islands service is operated by Blue Islands on behalf of Flybe.

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