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Thomson Holidays have recently announced their 2018 Holidays including the addition of the Dreamliner flight from Cardiff to Montego Bay (MBJ/MKJS) for the winter 2017/2018 season. According to Thomson, The first Jamaica-bound Dreamliner, TOM 754, departs Cardiff on Tuesday 19th December 2017 at 10:10 for the 9hr flight to the [read more]

When Norwegian’s LN-LNG departed back to Oslo yesterday it marked the completion of a maintenance round for 7 Norwegian Long Haul (DU/NLH) Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft carried out by British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC). BAMC is an official Boeing maintenance partner which demonstrates the high standard of work carried out [read more]

The Royal Air Force (RAF) Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows have released their 2017 schedule today and this year there are 4 chances to see the famous Red Hawks display in Wales. 1st & 2nd July – Wales National Air Show. RAF Red Arrows Synchro Break (Image: Aviation Wales) The [read more]

According to a joint statement from Cardiff Aviation and the Welsh Government, an agreement has been reached over the unpaid rent that Cardiff Aviation has accrued for the twin peaks hangar at St Athan. The details of the agreement have not yet been disclosed but rent from 2012 is due [read more]

Concerns about Cardiff Aviation continue to grow as it has emerged that the St Athan based company is two weeks overdue paying its staff. A number of members of staff have voiced concerns over the stability of the company since the Welsh Government announced that Cardiff Aviation hadn’t paid rent for the [read more]

Cardiff Airport has appointed 2 new directors to the senior management team to deal with their long-term strategic plan. Mark Bailey has been named as Director of Airport Planning & Development while Ceri Mashlan has been promoted to Director of Operations at Wales’ National Airport. The former Head of Operational [read more]

The Boeing 737 has the accolade of being the most produced jet-powered aircraft in history and it’s not hard to see why given that the first flight of the type was April 9th, 1967, and they are still making it today! In fact, as of February 2017, 9,401 have been built. [read more]

Today marked the official handover of the Superhangar facility at MOD St Athan to Aston Martin Lagonda (AML). 12 months ago, the facility beat off 20 other locations to become Aston Martin’s site for the new DBX Sorts Utility Vehicle (SUV) and work has already begun to convert the site [read more]