Sharm El Sheikh Airport (Wikipedia CC)
Airline news

Egypt Flights Suspended from Cardiff Airport

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]

Links Air G-JIBO (Credit N Harding)
Cardiff Airport News

Links Air Has Safety Certificate Suspended

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]

Ryanair B737-800 after takeoff (src Wikipedia)
Cardiff Airport News

Cardiff Sees Bumper World Cup Boost

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]

Vulcan XH558 (Credit Nick Harding)
General aviation news

South Wales Bids Goodbye to Vulcan XH558

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]

Irish trick fans into thinking they can win a Grand Slam
Cardiff Airport News

Irish Fans Prank Cardiff Airport Announcer

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 787 (Credit Thomson Holidays)
Cardiff Airport News

Thomson Announces Cardiff to Dubai in 2017

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]

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Cardiff Airport News

Cardiff Airport and Airbus Get Welsh Government Money

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]