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Cardiff Airport to welcome Juventus fans for Champions League Final

12/05/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is to welcome Juventus fans to Wales for the UEFA Champions League final against Real Madrid on the 3rd June 2017. Specially chartered aircraft will see the Italian club’s fans arrive at Wales’ National Airport on the 2nd & 3rd June with fights from Vueling already announced [read more]

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British Pilots Union says new mental health rules could force issues underground

09/05/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have said that new mental health rules for pilots could force the issues underground. The new rules proposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as a result of the Germanwings crash in 2015 including psychological testing for all pilots when joining an airline. BALPA [read more]

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UEFA Champions League Final could cost Vale of Glamorgan tens of thousands

08/05/2017 4 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

On June 3rd, 2017 Cardiff will host the final of the UEFA Champions League and the Welsh Capital will see an influx of around 170,000 people over the weekend. But the Vale of Glamorgan could lose out to the tune of tens of thousands. Whilst many will arrive via scheduled [read more]

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Your Pictures: First A350-1000 to visit UK flies into Cardiff Airport

04/05/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

On Tuesday the 2nd May 2017 the Airbus A350-1000 made its first ever landing in the UK when it visited Cardiff Airport for Hot fuel trials. Airbus A350-1000 F-WWXL was the 3rd of the type to be built and join the test program ahead of certification later in the year. [read more]

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News

First A350-1000 to land in UK touches down at Cardiff Airport

02/05/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The first Airbus A350-1000 to land in the UK has touched down at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) this afternoon. F-WWXL (MSN071) is the 3rd Airbus A350-1000 XWB aircraft to be built and the final aircraft to enter Airbus’ test line up. The long range twin-jet, known as the XWB or (Extra [read more]

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Airline news

Cardiff Airport’s Summer underway thanks to Thomas Cook, Thomson, Norwegian & Eurowings

02/05/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Cardiff Airport’s (CWL/EGFF) 2017 Sumer season has firmly got underway thanks to the arrival of the summer based aircraft from Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) and Thomson (BT/TOM) along with the first flights by Norwegian & Eurowings on behalf of Thomson. Thomas Cook has once again based an A320 chartered from Avion [read more]

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