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Bad weather once again at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) (the 2nd highest airport in the UK) has seen multiple flights divert into Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). The bad weather is reducing visibility on Bristol Airports runway 09 which doesn’t have a high enough category of instrument landing system (ILS) to handle very [read more]

Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has reported that despite passenger numbers being up 6.6% its profits are 27.9% down to GBP £495m. Easyjet blamed a series of “external shocks” for the drop in profits including terrorist attacks in Tunisia and Egypt, French air traffic control strikes and the loss in value [read more]

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]

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]

Cardiff Airport picked up accolades for the “Friendliest Staff” and “Smoothest Security Checks”in a recent Airport Showdown by leading Flight search website Cheapflights. The independent survey of British holidaymakers was conducted in June 2016 and saw Cardiff Airport rank 4th overall, 6 places above local rival Bristol Airport who scored [read more]

On June 23rd 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union (52% Leave – 48% Remain) instructing the UK Government to initiate the withdraw of Britain from the European Union, its rules and agreements.  Many of those agreements have an effect on the aerospace and travel industries so what [read more]

Cardiff Airport has seen 12 months of growth according to the latest figures released today. May 2016 saw an increase of 27% compared to the same period last year which brought the total number of passengers using Wales’ Airport to nearly 1.3m in the last 12 months. The opening of [read more]

Cardiff Airport growth has continued for an 11th month according to figures released today. Compared to the same period in 2015, April saw a 40% rise in passengers using Wales’ only international airport. April saw a new route launched by Flybe to Verona and the return of the summer routes [read more]