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The first of two new search and rescure helicopters arrived at the new Bristow Search and Rescue (SAR) facility at Caernarfon today. The Sikorsky S92, G-MCGJ, is the first of two aircraft under Bristow’s new search and rescue contract. Previously, UK Search and Rescue in Wales was carried out by [read more]

A team of airport executives, including Aviation and Business development manager Spencer Birns, have jetted out to the Arabian Travel Market event in Dubai, UAE with the aim of convincing a gulf carrier to begin operations at Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL). Cardiff Airport are said to be targeting either Dubai based [read more]

Outgoing Welsh Rugby Union Executive Roger Lewis has been confirmed as the next chairman of Cardiff Airport replacing Lord Rowe-Beddoe later this year. Lewis, who has no previous aviation experience is set to take on the role at the airport which has struggled to recover from years of neglect and [read more]

Early March 2015 saw FlyBe announce a major investment in routes from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) in addition to baseing two Embraer E-Jet aircraft there. The new routes include Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Faro, Glasgow, Milan, Munich & Paris and will add to the existing services to Belfast City and seasonal flights [read more]

The inagural flight from Cardiff to Norwich took off this morning to start the new service that will daily from today. The service is operated by Links Air is continuation of the Anglessey to Cardiff route which has been operating for a number of years, however only 2 people were [read more]

Ever been drawn to the land of Mustard, Alan Partridge and Delia Smith? Yes?, Well in that case we have some great news for you. Links Air and Cardiff Airport have announced that from April there will be a daily (Mon-Fri) service from Cardiff (CWL) to Norwich (NWI) operated by [read more]

Greyhound Bus have announced that it is dropping its regular service between Cardiff and Bristol Airport (BRS) citing poor passenger numbers. In a statement by the company the said “Unfortunately, in spite of the hard work and commitment of all of the staff involved in Greyhound we have not been [read more]

Flybe have announced that they will commence a weekly rotation between Cardiff, Wales (CWL) and Dusseldorf, Germany (DUS). Beginning in April 2015 the Saturday service will operate an 88 seat Embraer E175 E-Jet aircraft directly to the German city and replaces the route abandoned by Germanwings at the end of [read more]