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GE Aviation Wales has once again topped the list of the top 100 Welsh manufacturers. Caerphilly based GE Aviation Wales’ turnover of £1.9bn almost doubled that of its nearest competitor Calasonic Kansei Europe of Llanelli in the Wales Business Insider chart. A new managing director was put in place at [read more]

An Anglesey man has been jailed for 18 months today in Mold Crown Court for endangering aircraft in North Wales. John Arthur Jones (66) of Bodffordd near Anglesy was found guilty in July this year after denying 13 counts of endangering RAF aircraft flying from RAF Valley. Jones had taken a dislike to aircraft [read more]

Police have confirmed that two men have been killed when their microlight crashed into a field on Sunday. The accident happened around midday on Sunday when Police and Ambulance crews were called to reports that an aircraft had crashed into a field near Cwmbach in Powys. Both men were pronounced dead [read more]

Former Cardiff councillor and UKIP candidate Mohammed Sarul Islam has called on the Welsh Government to rename Cardiff Airport to “Princess Diana International Airport”. Mr Sarul Islam has started a Welsh Assembly petition calling for the change. The Assembly petitions committee requires 10 signatures to be considered in the Assembly, [read more]

Flybe have today started the Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) to London City (EGLC/LCY) route which will operate until October 21st. The first flight, operated by a Flybe Bombardier Dash-8 Aircraft (G-PRPB) left Cardiff Airport this morning, touching down in London just over an hour later. Flybe stepped in to operate the [read more]

Ryanair’s eccentric Chief Executive Michael O’Leary has today called on the UK Government to deliver not just 1, but 3 new runways to meet the demand for air travel over the next 50 years. In a statement released by the Irish budget carrier O’Leary said it would “finally resolve the [read more]

Regarded as the Father of the 747 Jumbo Jet, former Boeing engineer Joe Sutter has sadly passed away aged 95. Joe led the engineering team responsible for the Boeing 747, arguably the most important passenger aircraft ever made, along with the being involved in the design of the Boeing 707 [read more]

2017 is looking like a bumper season for those seeking cruise holidays from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). Last year, Thomson Holidays announced they were adding Dubai as a cruise destination from Cardiff Airport and now Celebrity Cruises have announced a new cruise starting from Rome. The cruise aboard “Celebrity Reflection” will see passengers [read more]