As Wales Air Ambulance Charity (WAAC) celebrates 15 years of flying across Wales it has announced that it will be operating 3 new helicopters from January 2017. The charity currently uses 3 Eurocopter EC135 models supplied by Bond Aviation Group. These will be replaced by Airbus H145 aircraft also supplied [read more]
Aston Martin has decided to opt for the St Athan Super Hangar as the location of its new factory creating up to 750 jobs in South Wales. The Welsh Government has been working hard to bring the iconic British car maker to Wales and the announcement that the DBX will [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]
With the recent news that a Virgin flight to New York had to return to Heathrow due to an laser injury to the First Officer, is there more that could be done to protect Pilots from Lasers? Virgin flight 25 (VS25) departed London Heathrow at 20:13hrs on Sunday evening when [read more]
Romance is in the air this valentines day and a recent twitter post by KLM leaves us wondering if KLM could be hinting at a deal with Virgin Atlantic. Guess who’s in love with us? 😉 (@VirginAtlantic) #ValentinesDay pic.twitter.com/S6gzCk81T0 — Royal Dutch Airlines (@KLM) February 13, 2016 The tweet which [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]
Green eyed horse owner, Nicola Mitchell from Prestatyn called “foal play” when a picture featuring her horse won a holiday competition with Thomson Holidays. The Bellis family took the selfie, which featured Ms Mitchell’s horse, from a footpath near Ms Mitchell’s field. The picture was judged to be the winner [read more]
Cardiff Crown Court sentenced Liam Chadwick (28) to 6 months in Prison (plus 6 months from a previous suspended sentence) after he pleaded guilty to endagering four commercial aircraft. Chadwick of Millfield Close, St Mellons shone a laser pen at the aircraft on the night of August 1st 2015. The [read more]
The two new helicopters that will be covering coastguard duties in South Wales and the Bristol Channel have arrived at their new base at MOD Saint Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Augusta Westland 139 Aircraft G-CILP and G-CILN landed today at 15:11 and 16:07 respectively. Both aircraft are [read more]
Thomas Cook’s (TCX) one-off flight from Cardiff (EGFF/CWL) to Orando International (KMCO/MCO) departed today at 11:45 with an almost full flight. The route, which was a package holiday offering, has proved popular amongst welsh travellers and offers encouragement for future holidays of this type to Florida and other long haul [read more]
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