Travel

British Airways has announced it will be launching direct flights from London Heathrow to Durban (DUR/FADN) for Winter 2018. The flights, which begin 29th October, will give UK travellers the chance to escape the Northern Hemisphere winter and soak up the Southern Hemisphere sunshine on Durban’s golden beaches and for surfers, [read more]

National strike action in Italy will affect airports across Italy as Air Traffic Control and Airport Staff walk out on Tuesday 8th May. Airlines have already started to cancel flights ahead of the Action including Flybe flights from Cardiff to Venice & Rome and from Birmingham & Manchester to Milan. The [read more]

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com has announced it is increasing its London Gatwick to New York service to 3 times per day. The additional flight will operate 6 days per week (excluding Saturdays) and will leave Gatwick  (LGW/EGKK) at 09:50hrs, arriving in New York (JFK/KJFK) at 13:00hrs. Giving passengers the option of 3 [read more]

Qatar Airways Chief Executive His Excellency Akbar Al Baker has said his airline plans to be at Cardiff Airport forever as flights between Doha and Cardiff get underway, but it’s not all about passengers. One of the keys to the success of Qatar Airways new service linking the two capitals is [read more]

Qatar Airways flew the inaugural flight from Doha to Cardiff Airport today and there was certainly lots of people around to capture the arrival and departure of Qatar Airways latest aircraft, Airbus A350-900 A7-ALU. The aircraft was delivered just last week and was called upon to the fly the first flight [read more]

Canadian low-cost airline WestJet has started its 737 Max transatlantic operations when it flew a 737 Max 8 from Halifax to Gatwick yesterday. WestJet has 6 Boeing 737 Max 8’s in service but Sunday’s flight was the first time they have flown one across the Atlantic. WestJet’s Interim EVP Commercial, Tim Croyle said: [read more]

With just 1 day to go before the worlds best airline, Qatar Airways launches flights from Cardiff Airport we look at Doha and the adventures that await from the Qatari capital. From the 1st May 2018, Qatar Airways will operate a daily service from Cardiff to Doha (DOH/OTHH) although initially, it [read more]

It’s just five days before the worlds best airline, Qatar Airways comes to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to begin its daily service* to Doha (DOH/OTHH) using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The new service opens up a world of destinations via Doha and amongst them is the gateway to south-east Asia, Singapore. The [read more]