cardiff airport

A Major Incident took place at Cardiff Airport today due to a civilian aircraft that was unable to communicate with Air Traffic Control. The RAF confirmed that it had scrambled to RAF Typhoon Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) aircraft to intercept an “unresponsive” aircraft. The Aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 300 (CL30 [read more]

The number of people using Cardiff Airport has risen again in March continuing the trend in growth compared to 2015. The end of March saw a 29% increase compared to the same period in 2015 meaning Cardiff Airport has now seen 10 consecutive months of growth and follows February which [read more]

Istanbul based Freedbird Airlines (FH/FHY) has been confirmed as the operator for the weekly Thomson flight from Cardiff (CWL) to Dalaman (DLM) this summer. The Airline which started life in June 2000 operates an 8 strong fleet of modern Airbus A320 aircraft and carries out charters across Europe and the [read more]

Flybe (BEE) has today announced it will commence daily flights to London City Airport (LCY) from Cardiff Airport (CWL) from the 12th September 2016. The move coincides with Network Rail closing the Severn rail tunnel for 6 weeks for work on the line adding over an hour onto the travel [read more]

A Committee of Assembly Members (AMs) has concluded that Cardiff Airport lacks long-term plans compared to other UK airports such as Glasgow Prestwick which plans up to 8 years ahead. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigated the purchase and progress of Wales’s only international airport which was bought in 2013 [read more]

Alun Cairns, MP for the Vale of Glamorgan has been appointed as the new Welsh Secretary following the removal of Stephen Crabb to Work And Pensions. As Cardiff Airport sits in the Vale of Glamorgan this could be good news for issues such as Air Passenger Duty devolution which is [read more]

Links Air, the former Intra-Wales operator is about to go into liquidation according to information received by BBC Wales. Doncaster based Links Air had its Air Operators Certificate suspended by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority in October 2015 following safety concerns. It then withdrew without notice from the government subsidised [read more]

FlyBe has announced that Berlin will be a new destination from Cardiff Airport in the early release of its Winter schedule. The new flight will commence on the 2nd November 2016 and will operate twice per week leaving Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) at 10:10 am and arriving at Berlin Tegel (TXL/EDDT) at 13:20 [read more]