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An RAF Helicopter has burst into flames moments after being forced to land with a technical issue. Emergency services were called to a “helicopter crash” shortly before 2pm this afternoon. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed that a Griffin training helicopter “safely completed a precautionary landing in Snowdonia”. All four [read more]

Flybe has announced it has signed a codesharing agreement with Air Berlin to offer flights from Cardiff to major German cities. The agreement means that Flights from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to Dusseldorf (DUS/EDDL), Munich (MUC/EDDM) and Berlin (TXL/EDDT) will operate under dual flight numbers of Flybe (BEE) and Air Berlin (BER) and will [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]

Citywing have announced that it’s twice daily service from Cardiff to Anglesey/RAF Valley will operate to RAF Mona instead throughout August. The destination change is due to RAF Valley being closed for runway maintenance and resurfacing. Passengers will still check-in as normal at RAF Valley (which remains as the end [read more]

Wales Air Ambulance will open their 4th base in Wales on August 1st when their new helicopter becomes fully operational. The Welsh charity which currently operates 3 helicopters from bases at Llanelli, Caernarfon and Welshpool will add a helicopter to the newly reopened Heliport on an initial six month trial. [read more]

Cardiff Airport picked up accolades for the “Friendliest Staff” and “Smoothest Security Checks”in a recent Airport Showdown by leading Flight search website Cheapflights. The independent survey of British holidaymakers was conducted in June 2016 and saw Cardiff Airport rank 4th overall, 6 places above local rival Bristol Airport who scored [read more]

Britain could lose £530m as sales slump on the Airbus A380 super jumbo and production is cut. The money was given to Airbus in 2000 under a scheme known as  “Repayable Launch Investment” or RLI which means the repayment comes in the form of a royalty payment each time one [read more]

Airbus has netted orders worth £26bn at the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) from airlines across the globe. The European airframer came to Farnborough with a heavy focus on its New Engine Option (NEO) aircraft including the Airbus A330NEO and A320NEO Family. Single aisle airliners accounted for the majority of [read more]