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The Champions League Final last weekend provided a major traffic boost to both cardiff airports. While Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) in Rhoose saw fans arriving from across Europe, Cardiff City Heliport (EGFC) was playing host to VIP Helicopters and various Air Support Units. Cardiff Airport anticipated around 400 extra movements between the [read more]
Exeter based Flybe (BE/BEE) and Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) have announced the formation of a strategic alliance. The 5 year deal means that Eastern will operate its flights under the Flybe brand. Eastern aircraft will also serve existing Flybe routes to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Manchester, a move designed to improve connectivity [read more]
Saturday the 3rd June 2017 saw the UEFA Champions League Final was played in Cardiff and Cardiff Airport played host to fans from Italy & Spain wanting to come and see Juventus take on Real Madrid. Whilst preparations were made for the game in Cardiff, Wales’ National Airport geared up [read more]
A flight inbound to Cardiff Airport with a full emergency this afternoon caused the airport to be closed for around an hour and prompted an armed response from Police. The Shorts 360 aircraft, registration N914GD was en-route from Marrakech when the aircraft developed numerous problems including a suspected fluid leak [read more]
Football giants Real Madrid and Juventus will arrive at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) today with Juventus already on their way. Both teams will compete in the UEFA Champions League Final tomorrow evening at the National Stadium of Wales in Cardiff. Juventus left Turin (TRN/LIMF) earlier this morning onboard Alitalia AZ9518,an Airbus A321 (EI-IXZ) [read more]
St Athan based Maintenance Repair Operation (MRO) Cardiff Aviation is making 25 redundancies as work continues to dry up. Staff have also not been paid again this month. The move was announced by Managing Director Martyn Anderson who said that the downturn in work was “more significant than anticipated”. Cardiff [read more]
With the Champions League Final in Cardiff just days away, Cardiff Airport has been busy preparing for what could turn out to be the busiest week in its history. That’s why we’ve produced the ultimate guide to Cardiff Airport & the Champions League Final. With over 400 extra movements on [read more]
Extra security measures have been announced across the country in the wake of the Manchester Attack on Monday which will mean tighter security at airports including Cardiff Airport. In line with the UK wide terror threat status being moved to “Critical” Operation Temperer has been put into force. Operation Temperer [read more]
Spanish Low Cost Carrier (LCC) Iberia Express (I2/IBS) has announced it is to begin flights between Madrid (MAD/LEMD) and Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) earlier than planned in order to give fans more choice to attend the UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff. The flights, which first operated over Easter, will operate [read more]
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