Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) have today announced that they are to launch flights from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) in 2018 to the Qatari capital Doha (DOH/OTHH). Attracting long haul carriers has long been a target for Wales’ National Airport with Thomson and Thomas cook already offering Montego Bay, Orlando and Barbados as [read more]
The Boeing 737 has the accolade of being the most produced jet-powered aircraft in history and it’s not hard to see why given that the first flight of the type was April 9th, 1967, and they are still making it today! In fact, as of February 2017, 9,401 have been built. [read more]
Today see’s the first flight for Iberia Express to Madrid (MAD/LEMD) from Wales National Airport. The Spanish Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) will operate its first flight (IB3687) from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) at 18:05 this evening arriving in the Spanish capital around 2 hours later. Spain’s capital is a city of boulevards [read more]
Cardiff Aviation will get round the table for talks with the Welsh Government today to discuss the fact that they have never paid rent at their St Athan site, leaving a large debt owed to the Welsh taxpayer. Cardiff Aviation took over the Twin Peaks facility at St Athan in [read more]
Concorde G-BOAF has been moved to her new home at Airbus UK site at Filton. Alpha Foxtrot carried out the last ever Concorde landing when it arrived at Filton on the 26th November 2003 and was displayed outside at the airfield leading to damage to the wings. She is now [read more]
The 3rd A350-100 aircraft is about to join the test fleet at Airbus. The aircraft , whose wings are made at Broughton in North Wales is the final aircraft to operate that will share the load certification testing for the type. The job of the 3rd aircraft will be to [read more]
2017 is going to be an exciting year for Cardiff Airport, here’s why. New airlines/routes: Airline Destination Start Date Cobalt Larnaca LCLK/LCA Summer 2017 Alba Star Palma LEPA/PMI Summer 2017 BH Air Burgas LBBG/BOJ Summer 2017 Norwegian Air Shuttle Tenerife South GCTS/TFS Summer 2017 Blue Islands Guernsey EGJG/GCI 02/05/2017 Iberia [read more]
Cypriot startup Cobalt Air (CO/FCB) have added Cardiff to their list of destinations served from Larnaca (LCA/LCLK), Cyprus according to their website. The airline, which aims to be Cyprus’ flag carrier, launched last year with the intention of “redefining the low-cost travel sector by combining the price flexibility and cost [read more]
It’s always nice to see something different at Cardiff Airport and when the RAF’s latest transport plane drops in as a weather diversion its always a bonus. Especially when we got the view from inside the next day! Designed to replace the Lockheed C130 Hercules, The Airbus A400M “Atlas” is [read more]
The first of 3 new helicopters for Wales Air Ambulance (WAAC) has arrived at Gloucestershire Airport. The brand new Airbus H145 helicopter is a flexible platform which has been designed to provide a large cabin with the performance needed to operate critical missions. It uses 2 Turbomeca Arriel Turboshaft engines [read more]
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