Aviation news and insight from Wales
3 British Airways aircraft diverted to Cardiff Airport this morning after fog caused diverts from the South East to airports around the UK. The fog caused reduced operations at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City Airports which was made worse when Heathrow was reduced to a single runway operation [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has hit 1.2m* passengers in the last 12 months, a feat last seen in 2011. The figure comes on the back of 9 months of continuous growth for Cardiff Airport including February 2016 which saw a 68%* rise in passenger numbers, largely thanks French and Irish visitors [read more]
Aviation Wales and Wales Air Forum have united to start a devolved Air Passenger Duty campaign called APD 4 Wales The announcement was made in a press release by the two leading Welsh Aerospace and Aviation sites which said: Aviation Wales and Wales Air Forum have today announced that they [read more]
Vueling has today announced it will increase capacity from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for summer 2016. The boost will see an additional 44,000 seats available across all of Vueling‘s destinations from Cardiff Airport. With the additional seats it means there are 151,000 seats available between April and October 2016. Vueling, which [read more]
One of the most hotly debated topics concerning Wales and in particular, Cardiff Airport is the devolution of Air Passenger Duty (APD), the unfair tax levied by the UK Government on passengers flying from the UK. The Silk Commission report on devolved powers to Wales recommended that Air Passenger Duty [read more]
Iron Maiden’s iconic Boeing 747 Ed Force One took off from Cardiff Airport today to start the Book of Souls World Tour. The plane, fully decked out in Iron Maiden livery, took off just after 12pm today and some of the Aviation Wales Team were on hand to capture the [read more]
A little later than planned but Ed Force One has arrived in Cardiff! The Boeing 747-428 TF-AAK touched down on Cardiff Airport’s runway 30 a little after 11pm this evening to a waiting crowd of aviation enthusiasts and iron maiden fans. The aircraft has been beautifully decorated in the Book [read more]
As you may have noticed earlier this week we broke the exclusive news that Ed Force One, Iron Maidens Personal Boeing 747 is arriving to Cardiff Airport this evening. It’s due to arrive at 22:00hrs and is currently en-route from Sharjah. To help out all our fellow maiden fans who [read more]
Cardiff Airport’s Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer Debra Barber has stated Air Passenger Duty is hindering growth at Cardiff Airport. In a statement released today Ms Barber said Our priority is always to provide our customers and passengers with the best possible experience, a great choice of affordable routes [read more]
In what must clearly be a candidate for the shortest 747 flight in history an Ex British Airways Boeing 747-400 took off from Cardiff Airport and landed at MOD St Athan. A total distance of 3.67miles as the crow flies. The ex BA bird reached the dizzying height of just [read more]
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