Cardiff Airport News

Cardiff Airport growth has continued for an 11th month according to figures released today. Compared to the same period in 2015, April saw a 40% rise in passengers using Wales’ only international airport. April saw a new route launched by Flybe to Verona and the return of the summer routes [read more]

KLM’s new routes could prove to be great news for Welsh travellers thanks to regular  KLM flights from Cardiff Airport. The Dutch carrier is one of Cardiff Airports longest serving airlines and offers three daily flights to Amsterdam, KLM’s main hub where Welsh passengers can connect to entire KLM network [read more]

Citywing have announced they will operating Isle of Man TT flights this year from Cardiff Airport. TT Fans will able to take advantage of 4 special flights over the weekend flying directly from Cardiff Airport to Ronaldsway airport on the Isle of Man. Outbound flights will be on the 3rd [read more]

A Major Incident took place at Cardiff Airport today due to a civilian aircraft that was unable to communicate with Air Traffic Control. The RAF confirmed that it had scrambled two RAF Typhoon Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft to intercept an “unresponsive” aircraft. The Aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 300 (CL30 [read more]

A Major Incident took place at Cardiff Airport today due to a civilian aircraft that was unable to communicate with Air Traffic Control. The RAF confirmed that it had scrambled to RAF Typhoon Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft to intercept an “unresponsive” aircraft. The Aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 300 (CL30 [read more]

The number of people using Cardiff Airport has risen again in March continuing the trend in growth compared to 2015. The end of March saw a 29% increase compared to the same period in 2015 meaning Cardiff Airport has now seen 10 consecutive months of growth and follows February which [read more]

Istanbul based Freedbird Airlines (FH/FHY) has been confirmed as the operator for the weekly Thomson flight from Cardiff (CWL) to Dalaman (DLM) this summer. The Airline which started life in June 2000 operates an 8 strong fleet of modern Airbus A320 aircraft and carries out charters across Europe and the [read more]

Flybe (BEE) has today announced it will commence daily flights to London City Airport (LCY) from Cardiff Airport (CWL) from the 12th September 2016. The move coincides with Network Rail closing the Severn rail tunnel for 6 weeks for work on the line adding over an hour onto the travel [read more]