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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]

With the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford just over a month away we look ahead to Europe’s biggest military airshow. Crowds from across the UK and the rest of the world flock to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire each year to see the latest military jets and classic [read more]

KLM (KL/KLM) and Flybe (BE/BEE) have been ranked in 1st and 6th place overall for flight punctuality to and from UK airports. Exeter based Flybe, which has a hub at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF), achieved 81% of flights on time in 2016 whilst the Dutch airline KLM achieved 87%. The study [read more]