Cardiff Airport News

Exeter based Flybe (BE/BEE) has said it is to invest a new aircraft at Cardiff Airport from 27th March. The Embraer E175 Regional Jet will be the third aircraft to be based at Wales’ National airport and will require 22 additional crew members to be recruited. The basing of a [read more]

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is expecting 22,000 passengers through its terminals this week during the half-term break in Wales. The airport says its data shows that more and more passengers are using the airport as a starting point for long-haul destinations including China, Singapore, USA, Middle East and Africa with KLM via [read more]

The Qatar Airways Cardiff to Doha service has been cut from a daily service to 5 days per week until at least June 18th. The new long-haul Cardiff to Doha service, which starts on the 1st May 2018, was due to operate daily during summer ’18 before cutting back to 5 [read more]

Blue Islands (SI/BCI) has confirmed it will return to Cardiff Airport in summer 2018. The Saint Peter Port headquartered airline will once again operate a twice-weekly service between Guernsey (GCI/EGJB) and Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) under a Flybe franchise. The flights, which are bookable through the Flybe.com website are scheduled to begin on [read more]

Salisbury Group, a leading provider of building energy and facilities management solutions, has completed a landmark contract with Cardiff Airport to transform its energy usage. The project will reduce lighting bills by over 50% and save around £1.7 million to 2030 – a direct saving for Cardiff Airport. Cardiff Airport [read more]

With ambitious aims to reach 2 million passengers by 2020 and 3 million by 2025, we look at what Cardiff Airport needs to do to achieve this. Recent passenger figures showed Cardiff Airport grew by 9% in 2017 which, comparing to other airports around the UK is around the average [read more]

Cardiff Airport (CWL-EGFF) has seen a 9% rise in passenger numbers for 2017 according to the airport’s own figures. The airport says that 1.46 million passengers used its terminal in 2017 although official Civil Aviation Authority figures have yet to be released. The Welsh-Government-owned airport, which posted a pre-tax loss [read more]

Cardiff Airport has reported pre-tax losses of £5m for 2016-2017 financial year and revenues were also down around £400,000 from just over £17m to £16.6m. The losses are an increase of £1m over the 2015-2016 losses of £4m. Despite the increase, the airport reports it is on track with its 5-year [read more]