Cardiff Airport News

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has continued its growth trend for the 16th consecutive month. The rolling total for the Welsh hub now stands at an increase of 27%. This growth has been helped by the introduction of Flybe’s Cardiff to London City route which is operating whilst the Severn rail tunnel is [read more]

The 1st October 2016 marks the start of a new route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) as Flybe begin direct flights to the German capital, Berlin. The first flight departs Cardiff at 15:00hrs today as BEE4597 to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT). The route was originally scheduled to start on the 2nd [read more]

Ryanair has today announced it will commence a Cardiff to Faro, Portugal route for Summer 2017. The new flight is the 2nd route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the Irish low-cost carrier and comes on the back of the success of its existing Tenerife flight. The flight will operate twice [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]

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]

New regulations regarding flight operations at London City Airport have forced Flybe to change the times of its Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) route during September. A number of passengers took to twitter & email to complain that the early flights had been dropped meaning the earliest [read more]

Cardiff Airport has posted another month of growth boosted by a strong start to the summer season for Wales’ Airport. The figures for July were up 17% on the previous year meaning the total for the current rolling 12 month period is over 1.3 million passengers, a 29% increase overall. [read more]