In the latest figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) 2015 saw a 13% boost in passenger numbers over the previous year at Cardiff Airport. 2015 saw new routes from Ryanair and Flybe along with growth for Thomson and Vueling. This became even more significant during december, a traditionally [read more]
Cardiff Airport has announced that Debra Barber has become the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer. Ms Barber has been in the role since September 2014 and has been instrumental in many of the Cardiff Airport’s positive news over the past 2 years including Flybe’s new base and a growth [read more]
The First Minister Carwyn Jones has said that Cardiff Airport will stay under Welsh Government control despite calls for it to be privatised within the next 5 years. He told Assembly Members that he would not “give away” a controlling interest in the airport during First Ministers Questions but stated [read more]
Many aviation enthusiasts love to use flight sim too and for fans of Wales and Welsh Aviation, there is an abundance of ways to increase the region. What kind of flight sims are there? The benchmark is still Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X. Although discontinued by Microsoft some years ago it [read more]
This weekend will see 2 Quarter Final matches for the Rugby World Cup played in Cardiff. With Both France and Ireland in action Cardiff Airport will see a significant increase in traffic over the weekend with around 200 extra movements expected. In september Cardiff Airport saw passenger numbers increase by [read more]
Summer 2015 saw a 10% increase in passengers at Cardiff Airport comapared to the same period in 2015 according to Cardiff Airport. The welsh hub states that compared to June, July and August 2014 the numbers this year were up 12%, 8% and 10% respectively. Both Thomson and Thomas Cook [read more]
The UK Government in Whitehall have raised questions over the Welsh Government’s loans to Cardiff Airport (owned by the Welsh Government) and the fact that they could breach EU guidelines over state-aid to airlines. In what many are describing as a politicaly motivated move ahead of the Welsh Assembly elections, [read more]
The Dublin based low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced it will be offering 25 flights between Cardiff and Dublin during September and October 2015 to cater for the Rugby World Cup. The airline, which uses all Boeing 737-800 aircraft, currently flies weekly from Cardiff to Tenerife and the new route, albeit [read more]
Flybe have announced their Winter Schedule for 2015/2016 from Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) and this includes the return of a weekly flight to the French Alps ski resort of Chambery. Other destinations that are included in their winter schedule from Cardiff are: Belfast Cork Dublin Düsseldorf Edinburgh Faro Geneva Glasgow Jersey [read more]
Cardiff Airport have confirmed that CityJet will be ending their flights to Edinburgh and Paris on 29th June 2015. CityJet started operations at Cardiff Airport following the withdrawl of FlyBe in 2014 however FlyBe have since made a major commitment to Cardiff including a new Paris Route. CityJet have cited [read more]
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