The chairman of Cardiff Airport, Roger Lewis, is to stand down according to a tweet by Wales’ Minister for Economy and Transport Ken Skates but not before extending his tenure until May 2020. In the tweet Mr Skates said “Grateful to Roger Lewis for agreeing to stay on as Chair [read more]
The official report into the fatal plane crash of a motor-glider in Monmouthshire last year has concluded that the accident happened because the pilots did not see a tree until it was too late to avoid it. Grob 109B G-KHEH was carrying out a “Field Landing Excercise” on the 10th [read more]
The Welsh Affairs Committee has recommended that control of Air Passenger Duty at Welsh Airports be handed over to the Welsh Government by 2021 but with a caveat to link it to carbon emissions from flights. Air Passenger Duty (APD) is a tax that is levied on all outbound flights [read more]
Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford has dealt a blow to Cardiff Airport’s masterplan by cancelling a vital road link that would have allowed greater freight transport from the Airport to the rest of the UK. Mr Drakeford announced yesterday that the planned M4 relief road was being cancelled due [read more]
Fortunes continue to improve for South Wales based Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) company, Cardiff Aviation Ltd, as it announced today it had gained an approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) The FAA has approved Cardiff Aviation as a Part 145 Repair Station which means it can now carry [read more]
Three people escaped with apparently minor injuries after a light aircraft came down and burst into flames on the A40 between Raglan and Abergavenny. South Wales Fire and Rescue said they were called to reports of an aircraft crash at 11:03 this morning and that crews from Abergavenny, Blaenavon & [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has reported strong late summer growth with 178,681 passengers using the airport in September. The number represents a 7% increase on the same period last year at Wales’ national airport bringing the passenger figure for the last 12 month period to 1.56m. 2018 has seen a number [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it is sending a team of investigators to the scene of an aircraft accident in South Wales. The accident happened around 11am this morning and South Wales Fire & Rescue confirmed it had attended the scene. Gwent Police, who are also at [read more]
The UK Government has blocked a bid by the Welsh Government to increase the passenger numbers on the Intra-Wales PSO route between Cardiff Airport and Anglesey Airport (Yns Mon). The Welsh Government had applied for a derogation, where an exemption from or relaxation of a rule or law is sought, with [read more]
Keen-eyed users of online flight tracking apps may have noticed a small aircraft circling the Welsh valleys this afternoon, it certainly got one local news outlet rather excited! The plane in question, a Cessna 404 Titan (G-MIND), was carrying out chemical spill response or pollutant response tests using fresh water [read more]
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