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Thomson Airlines has suspended all flights to Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh resort from Cardiff Airport until at least the 12th November following increasing suspicion that a bomb brought down flight KGL9268 over the Sinai peninsula. Flight KGL9268, which departed Sharm El Sheikh bound for St Petersburg in Russia, crashed into the [read more]

Intra-Wales Air Service operator Links Air has had its Safety Certificate or Air Operators Certificate (AOC) suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) over concerns about operational safety. Links Air operated the Cardiff to Anglessey/Ynys Mons route which was subsidised by the Welsh Government. They also operated the failed Cardiff [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]

Its a day that many have feared for some time, the last remaining Avro Vulcan XH558 is being grounded and to be put on permanent museum display. Before this however the Doncaster based aircraft is carrying out a farewell tour of the UK giving as many people as possible the [read more]

The Spanish low-cost carrier Vueling has committed to adding 30,000 more seats from Cardiff Airport as it seeks to increase its capacity for 2016. The move comes as Vueling come towards the end of another succesful year operating from the welsh hub with strong passenger numbers and demand for more [read more]

Irish fans travelling through Cardiff Airport at the weekend played a prank on Cardiff Airport announcers getting them to call out for 3 long dead irish political and revolutionary figures. In a joke that would have been lost on most non-irish passengers (and probably some irish ones too) a group [read more]

Thomson Cruises have announced that they will be operating from Cardiff Airport to Dubai when they start operating their cruises from the Port of Dubai in 2017. Cardiff Airport was chosen as one of six airports that Thomson will operate the fly – cruise holidays from in January & February [read more]

The Welsh Government has announced that the latest part of Cardiff Airports £13million loan from the Welsh Government will consist of £3million from its capital reserves. £2.7million will also be made available to Airbus to create training facilities at Swansea University and Coleg Cambria in Deeside, Flintshire. The money comes [read more]