The Bank Holiday weekend saw some interesting movements in the skies over South Wales thanks to some unusual happenings in the region. BBC Music’s biggest weekend saw a raft of stars including Taylor Swift, Rita Ora and Camilla Cabello descend on Swansea which saw several private jets fly into Cardiff [read more]
Saad Hammad, the previous Chief Operating Officer of Flybe, created “Project Blackbird” to resolve the problem of nine Embraer E195 in the fleet whose capacity at 118 seats had proved too large for the route structure. Cardiff Airport is the beneficiary of two and their presence has been a boon [read more]
Flybe has confirmed the continuation of the Cardiff to London route following strong load figures over the winter season. The route between Wales’ National airport & London City Airport started as a rescue route during the Severn tunnel closure caused train cancellations and delays but has proved a hit, particularly [read more]
Flybe have announced today that it is bringing forward the start date of its new Cardiff to Berlin route to the 1st October 2016, one month earlier than planned. The move is a direct result of high public demand for the twice weekly route between Cardiff Wales Airport (CWL) and [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]
The Welsh government has said that Links Air have withdrawn from operating the Cardiff to Anglesey Intra-Wales route without notice today prompting a new carrier to step in. Links Air had their Air Operators Certificate (AOC) suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in October 2015 over safety concerns and [read more]
Cardiff Crown Court sentenced Liam Chadwick (28) to 6 months in Prison (plus 6 months from a previous suspended sentence) after he pleaded guilty to endagering four commercial aircraft. Chadwick of Millfield Close, St Mellons shone a laser pen at the aircraft on the night of August 1st 2015. The [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]
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]
Many people across Cardiff have recently been talking about an event that appeared on Facebook for the Cardiff Balloon Fiesta supposedly taking place on the 20th August 2015 at Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. Aviation Wales can report that this event has never been organised and according to Cardiff Council will not [read more]
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