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Alun Cairns, MP for the Vale of Glamorgan has been appointed as the new Welsh Secretary following the removal of Stephen Crabb to Work And Pensions. As Cardiff Airport sits in the Vale of Glamorgan this could be good news for issues such as Air Passenger Duty devolution which is [read more]

Links Air, the former Intra-Wales operator is about to go into liquidation according to information received by BBC Wales. Doncaster based Links Air had its Air Operators Certificate suspended by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority in October 2015 following safety concerns. It then withdrew without notice from the government subsidised [read more]

The fire damaged British Airways 777 is coming home to Cardiff Airport this morning after leaving Victorville in the US late last night (local time). Operating as flight BA2276 to Gatwick on the 8th September 2015 it suffered what the pilot described as a “catastrophic engine failure”. The take-off was [read more]

FlyBe has announced that Berlin will be a new destination from Cardiff Airport in the early release of its Winter schedule. The new flight will commence on the 2nd November 2016 and will operate twice per week leaving Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) at 10:10 am and arriving at Berlin Tegel (TXL/EDDT) at 13:20 [read more]

Iron Maidens Ed Force One jet has been involved in an incident in Chile which has left two ground crew injured and two of its engines severely damaged. The aircraft which left Cardiff Airport in February to start the tour was in collision with a ground vehicle which left its [read more]

3 British Airways aircraft diverted to Cardiff Airport this morning after fog caused diverts from the South East to airports around the UK. The fog caused reduced operations at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City Airports which was made worse when Heathrow was reduced to a single runway operation [read more]

In a restructuring of the UK’s Air Cadets Wales is set to lose its Gliding Squadrons. The move was announced by Julian Brazier MP and means Wales will lose both of its Volunteer Glider Squadrons (VGS), 634 VGS based at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan and 636VGS based [read more]

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has hit 1.2m* passengers in the last 12 months, a feat last seen in 2011. The figure comes on the back of 9 months of continuous growth for Cardiff Airport including February 2016 which saw a 68%* rise in passenger numbers, largely thanks French and Irish visitors [read more]