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Cardiff Aviation Chairman Bruce Dickinson has told an African logistics magazine that Air Djibouti will operate freight in the “near future” as he aims to deflect attention from his struggling St Athan business. Air Djibouti began 737 operations with the help of Cardiff Aviation but those aircraft have since been [read more]

A British Airways Boeing 777 took off for Turks and Caicos yesterday for the first time since the island was struck by Hurricane Irma marking the airlines return to normal service in the Caribbean and Florida after they were disrupted by the worst hurricane to hit the region for decades. [read more]

Easyjet has launched Worldwide by easyJet, the first global connections service by a low-cost airline Designed to be a disruptive force in air travel Worldwide by Easyjet offers a simpler alternative to the costly and complex codeshare agreements of legacy airlines. Now passengers can connect with airline flights by launch [read more]

Qatar Airways has today confirmed the details of daily flights from Cardiff to Doha which begin May 1st next year. The flights mean that passengers will be able to connect to worldwide destinations including Australia and Asia via Doha. The flights will commence on the 1st May 2018 and will [read more]

The airport in the Isle of Barra Scotland may be bijou and quirky but the civilian airport at RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey is the very model of compact modern efficiency. Known in Welsh as Maes Awyr Môn, Anglesey Airport (VLY/EGOV) only handles two flights a day, both [read more]

Eastern  Airways has introduced a fifth aircraft type to its fleet. Two new ATR 72-600  are coming straight from the production line in Toulouse, France. ATR is part of the Airbus group and the aircraft offers a comfortable cabin environment with a state-of-the-art glass cockpit incorporating the latest technologies.  It has [read more]

The St Athan Coastguard Rescue helicopter has carried out its 500th mission since the Search and Rescue (SAR) operation around the UK was privatised. The base at St Athan was one of the first purpose-built sites operated by Bristow Helicopters as they took over from Royal Air Force and Royal [read more]

Pilots flying for UK leisure airline Thomas Cook are staging a 12-hour walkout over pay. The strike, which began at 3 am this morning following a failed last ditch attempt by Thomas Cook to obtain an injunction to prevent the action. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) authorised the strike which is [read more]