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A Solo Red Arrows BAe Hawk visited Cardiff Airport today where it met up with the bosses of local aircraft company AMSS and their collection of Ferrari’s ahead of a talk in Cardiff this evening. Flt Lt RAFAT Mike Bowden aka Red 4 is from Newport and is in South [read more]

Thomson Holidays have confirmed they are adding a new charter flight to Tenerife from Cardiff Airport in 2016. The extra Tenerife flight will  be operated by Low-Cost carrier, Norwegian. Norwegian recently signed an agreement with Thomson and First Choice (TUI Group) to operate chartered flights on their behalf. This will [read more]

The Llandudno Air Show is cancelled for 2016 due to new regulations in place following the Shoreham incident say the organisers. Mostyn Estates Ltd which organises the event have stated that there isn’t enough time to implement the new measures required by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for air shows [read more]

Green eyed horse owner, Nicola Mitchell from Prestatyn called “foal play” when a picture featuring her horse won a holiday competition with Thomson Holidays. The Bellis family took the selfie, which featured Ms Mitchell’s horse, from a footpath near Ms Mitchell’s field. The picture was judged to be the winner [read more]

Roger Lewis has marked his first 100 days in office by setting out the goals and plans for the Welsh hub in 2016 and beyond. The airport wich saw a 13% rise in passenger numbers in 2015 aims to build on that success with an additional 9% growth in 2016. [read more]

The Welsh Conservatives have claimed that the Welsh Government wasted millions when it purchased Cardiff Airport in 2013. Andrew RT Davies claimed Labour showed a “stunning failure to safeguard taxpayers’ money” when it paid £52m for the airport following a report by the Wales Audit Office published today. Mr Davies [read more]

La-Chun Lindsay has been appointed as Managing Director of GE Aviation Wales following the departure of Mike Patton. Lindsay had previously run the assembly, test and overhaul division at GE Aviation’s Lynn site. She joined GE in 1997. Her role will to further develop the focus of the business in [read more]

The Welsh government has said that Links Air have withdrawn from operating the Cardiff to Anglesey Intra-Wales route without notice today prompting a new carrier to step in. Links Air had their Air Operators Certificate (AOC) suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in October 2015 over safety concerns and [read more]