Aviation news and insight from Wales
Cardiff Airport CEO has said that she finds it “difficult to understand” why the UK Government has said that it will not devolve Air Passenger Duty (APD) to the Welsh Government. The UK Government confirmed it would not be devolving the power today despite a recommendation from the Welsh Office [read more]
Swansea Airport in South Wales has had its status as a licensed aerodrome suspended by the UK Civil Aviation Authority after “a series of safety concerns” were found. The safety problems came to light following an unannounced safety audit by the regulator but it did not expand on exactly what [read more]
Global Trek has formally opened its new Fixed Based Operator (FBO) service at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). The Prestwick headquartered company soft-launched its operation at Cardiff Airport in May and has been servicing private and military traffic at the airport since then. It is the second base for the company which [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has been hit with fresh woes this week as it emerged Spanish airline Vueling will cut capacity on one of its key routes from the Welsh Government-owned airport in winter 19/20. The previously year-round service to Malaga will now be cut back through November 2019 and will [read more]
The latest Boeing 747-400 to be retired by British Airways (BA/BAW) has arrived at St Athan (DGX/EGSY) in South Wales where it will be scrapped. G-BNLN (Lima November) took off for her final flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this afternoon as “Speedbird 9179” and flew the short hop to South [read more]
The official report into the fatal plane crash of a motor-glider in Monmouthshire last year has concluded that the accident happened because the pilots did not see a tree until it was too late to avoid it. Grob 109B G-KHEH was carrying out a “Field Landing Excercise” on the 10th [read more]
The Welsh Affairs Committee has recommended that control of Air Passenger Duty at Welsh Airports be handed over to the Welsh Government by 2021 but with a caveat to link it to carbon emissions from flights. Air Passenger Duty (APD) is a tax that is levied on all outbound flights [read more]
Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford has dealt a blow to Cardiff Airport’s masterplan by cancelling a vital road link that would have allowed greater freight transport from the Airport to the rest of the UK. Mr Drakeford announced yesterday that the planned M4 relief road was being cancelled due [read more]
St Athan-based Aircraft Maintenance and Training company Cardiff Aviation Ltd has unveiled that it’s changing its name to Caerdav from today. The change of name coincides with the companies plans to roll out a range of new training and maintenance support services which will include Cabin Crew Attestation services and [read more]
Fixed Base Operator (FBO) Global Trek Aviation has soft-launched its latest facility at located at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) in Wales. The brand new state-of-the-art VIP FBO facility at Cardiff Airport has received its first customer, BAe Jetstream 31 G-NLFA belonging to Cranfield University and operated by the National Flying Laboratory [read more]
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