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Welsh First Minister accused of double standards over Spain flights

23/03/2021 Written by: UK Aviation News
2 minute read

Wales’ First Minister Mark Drakeford has been accused of double standards after allowing flights between Cardiff Airport and Spain to operate despite Wales still being in full lockdown under his authority. Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies led the calls saying it cannot be right that peoplee can “fly from [read more]

All four Wizz Air Airbus A321 parked at Cardiff Airport (Image: Mark Parsons)

In Pictures: Wizz Air arrives at Cardiff Airport

07/03/2021 Written by: Nick Harding
2 minute read

Wizz Air UK, which launches flights from Cardiff in May, has sent four Airbus A321 aircraft to Cardiff Airport for storage ahead of the base launch. Summer 2021 will see the low-cost airline operate to Alicante, Palma De Mallorca & Tenerife in Spain; Faro, Portugal; Larnaca, Cyprus and Corfu & [read more]

Wizz Air plans flypast to celebrate Welsh launch

05/03/2021 Written by: UK Aviation News
< 1 minute read

Wizz Air UK is planning a four aircraft flypast of key Welsh cities tomorrow ahead of its planned launch from Cardiff Airport. The Hungarian low-cost carrier was due to begin flights in March but this has now been delayed to Mid-May due to travel restrictions still being in place. The [read more]

Cardiff Airport to get £42m of taxpayers cash to avoid collapse

03/03/2021 Written by: Nick Harding
2 minute read

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is being given another £42 million of taxpayers cash from the Welsh Government and will have £40m it already owes written off. Welsh Labour Economy & Transport Minister Ken Skates said that if the government did not pump the money into the airport it owns then it [read more]

BOAC 747 Departing Cardiff Airport - Peter Howlett

Your Pictures: The last flight of a British Airways Boeing 747

11/12/2020 Written by: UK Aviation News
3 minute read

British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC left Cardiff Airport today for the short flight to St Athan marking the end of the Boeing 747 in service with British Airways. The aircraft will now be preserved at St Athan by eCube Solutions and is due to be opened to the public in [read more]

Wizz Air to launch budget base at Cardiff Airport

03/12/2020 Written by: UK Aviation News
3 minute read

Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air is set to launch a permanent base at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGGF) creating around 40 jobs in March 2021. The airline will offer nine routes to destinations including Alicante, Faro and Tenerife as well as seasonal routes to Corfu and Palma. Sharm El Sheikh and Lanzarote [read more]

Wales bans leisure travel from Cardiff Airport

02/11/2020 Written by: UK Aviation News
< 1 minute read

The Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced plans for travel restrictions for when Wales comes out of its “firebreak” lockdown on 9th November including a a ban on non-essential international air travel. The announcement means that all holiday flights from the Welsh Government owned airport will be cancelled this [read more]

Cardiff Airport reconnects with Belfast

09/10/2020 Written by: UK Aviation News
< 1 minute read

Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has announced that it will be launching a direct service from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to Belfast City (BHD/EGAC) in January, replacing a route lost when Flybe collapsed. Operating daily during the week, as well as with a flight on Sunday, the flight will be operated by a [read more]

A British Airways Boeing 747 prepares to depart Cardiff Airport (Aviation Media Agency)

Double departure for BA Boeing 747’s

23/09/2020 Written by: UK Aviation News
< 1 minute read

Thursday is expected to see a double depature for British Airways’ Boeing 747’s as two more of the type leave the fleet to head off to the scrapyard. G-BYGE, one of the youngest of BA’s 747s, is expected to finally depart from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the short flight to [read more]

Entire Tui flight from Zante to Cardiff told to self-isolate

30/08/2020 Written by: UK Aviation News
< 1 minute read

All the passengers onboard a Tui Airways flight from Zante to Cardiff last week have been told to self-isolate for 14 days after 7 confirmed cases of Coronavirus have been linked to the fight. Passengers on flight BY6215 which landed at Cardiff Airport on Tuesday 25th August are all now [read more]