cardiff airport

Ryanair has put a twice weekly service to Malta from Cardiff Airport on sale on its website. The flights, which begin in April 2019, are designed to work with Ryanairs new partnership with Air Malta which offers onward flights from Luqa Airport with the Maltese airline. The route is the [read more]

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has hit 1 million passengers for 2018 this august, a 7% increase over the same period in 2017. Figures showed that Cardiff Airport saw 935,000 passengers pass through its terminals 9 months in to 2017 but it has already welcomed 1 million passengers since 1st January 2018. [read more]

South Wales Police have recently launched an airport watch scheme at Cardiff Airport for plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts. Cardiff Airport Watch allows local plane spotters and regular visitors to the airport to become a reliable source of information about goings on outside of the fence and help to boost [read more]

The Welsh Government and Cardiff Airport have set out their vision for the next 2 decades which includes the airport taking control of MOD St Athan. Unveiling the draft masterplan, outgoing First Minister Carwyn Jones said: “These improvements are ambitious yet achievable and will enable the Airport to continue its development [read more]

Thomas Cook has announced it will start its flying programme at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) from the 3rd April next year as it aims to take advantage of the Easter getaway. The airline normally operates a summer schedule only, starting from May 1st, at Cardiff Airport using a leased A320 but [read more]

The Intra-Wales air service started out in 2007 to provide an air route between North Wales (Anglesey VLY/EGOV) and South Wales (CWL/EGFF). One of its roles was to make it easier for Welsh Assembly Members (AM’s) to travel between the two ends of the country and allow North Wales AM’s [read more]

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has seen its 15th consecutive month of growth with a 12% rise in passengers for May 2018. Wales’ national airport had its busiest May since 2009 which now sees 18 airlines regularly fly out of it including the new Qatar Airways service to Doha which launched on the [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]