Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is being given another £42 million of taxpayers cash from the Welsh Government and will have £40m it already owes written off. Welsh Labour Economy & Transport Minister Ken Skates said that if the government did not pump the money into the airport it owns then it [read more]
Leading UK regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has confirmed its schedule for the Summer 2021 season from the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS). The airline recently switched its daily London flight from London City to London Heathrow and this will increase to twice daily from 28th March 2021. Manchester sees a twice-daily [read more]
Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air is set to launch a permanent base at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGGF) creating around 40 jobs in March 2021. The airline will offer nine routes to destinations including Alicante, Faro and Tenerife as well as seasonal routes to Corfu and Palma. Sharm El Sheikh and Lanzarote [read more]
Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is planning to launch services between London Heathrow and the Isle of Man. Sources close to the airline said that if approved the flights are expected to begin in mid-November using a 49-seat Embraer jet to operate the twice-daily service. Loganair has been rapidly expanding [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has announced that it will be launching a direct service from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to Belfast City (BHD/EGAC) in January, replacing a route lost when Flybe collapsed. Operating daily during the week, as well as with a flight on Sunday, the flight will be operated by a [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) and Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) have both announced flights from Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) today. The two regional airlines will both compete on the route in Summer 2021 however Eastern Airways will operate a year round sound from 23rd October 2020. Eastern Airways says that its year-round service [read more]
Scotland’s airline, Loganair (LM/LOG) has called on the UK Government to introduce a program for aviation similar to the “Eat out to Help Out” scheme which will see Air Passenger Duty (APD) paused in a bid to get people flying again. Dubbed “Tax off for Take off”, Loganair says that [read more]
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF), Deb Bowen Rees, has announced that she is stepping down from the role on 1st August 2020. Deb took over as CEO at the Welsh Government-owned airport in 2017 after 3 years as managing director. During that time the airport has [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) is re-establishing the Belfast City to Glasgow Airport route. The service, which starts on 4th September, will operate twice-daily Monday to Friday and a single flight on a Saturday using an Embraer EMB145 Regional Jet. The routes from Belfast City to Aberdeen and Inverness are due to restart [read more]
Wayne Harvey has been appointed as the new chairman of Cardiff Airport replace Roger Lewis. Mr Harvey is currently is a senior partner with Audit & Assurance specialists Deloitte and has previously worked for Ernst & Young (EY). He has a tough start to the role with the industry facing [read more]
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