Cardiff Airport has experienced more sustained growth over the last 12 months with the rolling 12 month increase now standing at 19%. According to the latest figures over 1.3 million passengers used Wales’ only international airport between November 2015 and October 2016 boosted by a host of new routes from [read more]
Tonight marks the end of an era for Aer Lingus connecting Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) and Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) as the last flight leaves at Cardiff at 21:00hrs this evening. We first broke the story that Aer Lingus Regional (Operated by Stobart Air) were ending the service back in June when [read more]
Fog is causing problems across South Wales and West of England with flights being cancelled, delayed or diverted to other airports. So far Flybe have cancelled their morning Paris Charles De Gaulle flight from Cardiff and their later flights are showing as delayed. Bristol however has seen several flights diverted [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has cut its profits forecast from €1.35bn to €1.30bn, a cut of 5% on its previous forecast. The airline blames a the fall in the pound (sterling) since the brexit vote and claims the revenue it earns from tickets with fall to around 15% in the second [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has continued its growth trend for the 16th consecutive month. The rolling total for the Welsh hub now stands at an increase of 27%. This growth has been helped by the introduction of Flybe’s Cardiff to London City route which is operating whilst the Severn rail tunnel is [read more]
The 1st October 2016 marks the start of a new route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) as Flybe begin direct flights to the German capital, Berlin. The first flight departs Cardiff at 15:00hrs today as BEE4597 to Berlin Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT). The route was originally scheduled to start on the 2nd [read more]
Ryanair has today announced it will commence a Cardiff to Faro, Portugal route for Summer 2017. The new flight is the 2nd route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the Irish low-cost carrier and comes on the back of the success of its existing Tenerife flight. The flight will operate twice [read more]
Flybe have today started the Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) to London City (EGLC/LCY) route which will operate until October 21st. The first flight, operated by a Flybe Bombardier Dash-8 Aircraft (G-PRPB) left Cardiff Airport this morning, touching down in London just over an hour later. Flybe stepped in to operate the [read more]
Swansea City Director has told a travel industry news site that he plans to get regional flights up and running from Swansea Airport with Flybe. Matthew Morgan, who also owns regional travel agents Travel House, made the claim to Travel Weekly where he said “Swansea is the UK’s 25th-largest city. The [read more]
Cardiff Airport has posted another month of growth boosted by a strong start to the summer season for Wales’ Airport. The figures for July were up 17% on the previous year meaning the total for the current rolling 12 month period is over 1.3 million passengers, a 29% increase overall. [read more]
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