New Routes

Qatar Airways is sending a brand new Airbus A350-900 to Cardiff Airport (CWL-EGFF) for the inaugural flight from Doha (DOH/OTHH). Airbus A350-900 A7-ALU was delivered to Qatar Airways just 5 days ago and it will be the first aircraft to operate the new service connecting Wales to Qatar and beyond. [read more]

Canadian low-cost airline WestJet has started its 737 Max transatlantic operations when it flew a 737 Max 8 from Halifax to Gatwick yesterday. WestJet has 6 Boeing 737 Max 8’s in service but Sunday’s flight was the first time they have flown one across the Atlantic. WestJet’s Interim EVP Commercial, Tim Croyle said: [read more]

Very few people will realise that the birthplace of aviation in the UK was actually at Blackpool Airport in the North West of England. It’s history dates right back to 1909 when the first official aviation meeting took place at the current Squires Gate site. It’s fair to say that [read more]

Belgian carrier VLM has announced it is to begin flights from Manchester Airport to Antwerp and Ostend-Bruges from October 2018. VLM will operate flights to Antwerp twice daily Monday to Friday, with daily flights over the weekend. Ostend-Bruges will be served once a day. The Ostend-Bruges service is a first [read more]

Leeds-Bradford based holiday airline Jet2 has announced a raft of new routes for Summer 2019. The new routes include destinations in France, Croatia, Italy and Turkey on flights from Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports. Birmingham Airport sees new routes to Bergerac, France; Pula, Croatia; Kefalonia, Greece; and Verona, Italy. [read more]

Maltese flag carrier, Air Malta is expanded its operations in the UK by adding three new routes to London Southend airport (SEN/EGMC). From 4th May 2018, it will offer a direct service to Malta as well as flights to Cagliari and Catania in Italy. Both Italian routes offer onward connections to Malta. [read more]

With Qatar Airways starting flights from Cardiff Airport on the 1st May we look at the world of opportunities that await the passengers using Wales’ National airport. The first in our series is the Thai capital, Bangkok. Known for its ornate shrines, Buddhist temples and a song sung by Murray head, Bangkok has [read more]

UK holiday airline Thomas Cook is planning to add a series of charter flights to Sri Lanka to its Winter 18/19 program. The flights will operate from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to Colombo (CMB/VCBI) in October 2018 and January 2019 using an Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Colombo is the [read more]