Archive for the ‘Cardiff airport’ CategoryTravel Worldwide Ltd, the company that operated the bookings system on Cardiff Airport site cwlfly.com, has ceased trading. Cardiff airport is advising passengers to check that their travel plans have not been affected and has issued the following advice to passengers who have booked on the airport site:
All claims and supporting documentation must be received prior to 21/01/09. Travel Worldwide Ltd ABTA number: K346X/W9059 For up-to-date Cardiff airport information and to book Cardiff airport parking and Cardiff airport hotels click on the links. Initial results for Cardiff International Airport’s co-operative business campaign are proving to be of interest to airlines, with talks of potential new business destinations to be added to the Welsh capital’s route network. The airport launched a major survey of business organisations in Wales in January, by asking the nation’s business executives “If you COULD fly from Cardiff, where WOULD you go?” Business travellers are encouraged to visit www.youwouldifyoucould.co.uk to complete a brief survey about their air travel habits, and participants are kept up-to-date with the results of the project together with news of new routes and schedules. The data is collected and reviewed frequently, providing comprehensive and accurate information about the travel requirements of Wales’ business community, and is presented to the world’s airlines as a clear indication of the growing demand for routes from Cardiff airport. The results are already proving to be of interest to airlines, with initial data confirming that the majority of business travellers in Wales still use British Airways from London Heathrow, primarily due to the fact that they have a limited choice of direct routes from Cardiff, but that they would welcome the opportunity to travel from their local airport. The main destinations for business travel include Europe and North America, but the survey showed that German cities are in great demand, with four appearing in the top ten city destinations visited by business executives. The top ten destinations that featured on the survey and are currently not available direct from Cardiff airport are:
The airport’s head of aviation relations, Spencer Birns, commented: “To ensure we have a comprehensive database we encourage any friends, colleagues or business contacts who are regular travellers to complete the survey. The two minute survey could help substantially reduce Welsh business executives’ journey time in the future and could also open the region to a number of new business opportunities. “ Marcus Woof is celebrating his 50th birthday this summer with a flying challenge. The special care dentist is attempting to raise more than £20,000 for the Mencap charity by flying an aircraft and landing at six principal UK airports, covering more than 1200 miles in just one day. Just before dawn on Friday 1 August, Marcus will leave Shobdon in Herefordshire in a single engine light aircraft landing at the following airports: Manchester airport, Edinburgh Airport, Newcastle Airport, Cardiff, Aldergrove (Belfast) and Plymouth. Steve Hodgetts, the airports business development & commercial director commented; ‘Cardiff International Airport is delighted to be involved with is exciting fundraising event. We wish Marcus all the best with this venture, and hope he succeeds in raising much needed funds to ensure the vital work carried out by Mencap continues’ For more information on the challenge visit www.justgiving.com/flyingdentist Holidaymakers looking to travel to Arrecife or Ibiza this summer from Cardiff Airport will now have a greater choice of flight options after Thomas Cook Airlines added additional flights to its most popular destinations. Over the summer period, Thomas Cook Airlines expects to transport approximately 80,000 travellers to 22 holiday destinations, such as Alicante, Corfu and Dalaman. The airline has an Airbus A321 aircraft based at the airport, which carries 220 passengers. Frank Pullman, Managing Director of Thomas Cook Airlines, said: “Holidays abroad have proven to be as popular as ever amongst those who have chosen to travel from Cardiff International Airport. With an aircraft based at the airport, it has enabled us to be more flexible so that we can add flights where we feel there is sufficient customer demand.” For an instant online airport parking price checker and to book Cardiff airport parking online click on the link. bmibaby, the largest low cost carrier from Wales, has launched phase two of its winter programme from Cardiff International Airport. New winter season Cardiff flights to Barcelona are on offer, plus increased frequencies to Belfast International airport and Glasgow airport. bmibaby will now offer double daily flights to Belfast during the week, compared with one flight per day last winter, and eight flights a week to Glasgow. The airline will also offer 13 flights a week to Edinburgh airport. In total, bmibaby will fly to 13 European destinations for winter: Alicante, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belfast International, Edinburgh, Faro, Geneva, Glasgow International, Jersey, Malaga, Murcia, Palma and Warsaw. Flights are available for travel from 26th October 2008 until 28th March 2009. Cardiff Airport has announced the appointment of Steve Hodgetts as business development & commercial director and his appointment to the Cardiff International Airport board. The new role and directorate has been created to combine responsibilities from the business development and commercial functions. This newly formed department has merged the route development, marketing and communications, commercial and customer services activities to provide for a much more integrated approach to the business. Steve, who has been employed at Cardiff since 1998, said: “I am looking forward to tackling the challenges of my new role head on and to the opportunities the new department brings by working to improve the customer experience from Cardiff. We have a strong, dedicated team in place and we are all excited about starting a number of new projects and initiatives.” Patrick Duffy, managing director at Cardiff International Airport added: “Steve’s appointment as director further strengthens the team in Cardiff; he is a strong leader and has consistently demonstrated his detailed understanding of the airport’s commercial programme needs and development requirements. I welcome him to the board and look forward to working to develop future opportunities for the airport both in the local economy and globally.” In a drive to find the most cost effective check-in, Flybe has just installed three self-service check-in kiosks at Cardiff Airport. The low cost airline is the first airline to invest in new technologies at the airport. Currently, more than 40% of Flybe’s customers throughout the UK use electronic check-in. Simon Lilley, director of marketing, Flybe comments: “We are committed to getting the millions of passengers we carry each year through the check in process as quickly and efficiently as possible. These machines minimise queuing and really do speed things up, allowing our passengers to better enjoy their travel experience with Flybe. “We will now be focusing on driving usage even higher, plus working on implementation of the next step which will see passengers checking-in by mobile phone.” For more information on airlines using online check-in at Cardiff Airport click on the link. bmibaby, the largest low cost carrier from Wales, has announced stage one of winter 2008 flights from Cardiff International Airport. Cardiff flights to five Mediterranean destinations are now on sale: Alicante, Faro, Malaga, Murcia and Palma, plus flights to Geneva. More routes will be announced shortly. During the peak ski season, skiers will benefit from five flights a week from Cardiff to Geneva, the gateway to the French and Swiss Alps. Frequent flights are also available to Malaga to access the Sierra Nevada, another great region for skiing. Crawford Rix, managing director, bmibaby, said: “We are delighted to announce that stage one of our winter 2008 services from Cardiff Airport is now on sale. We have put five key Mediterranean destinations on sale. Sun lovers and holiday home owners will benefit from the frequent flights to top winter sun destinations such as Malaga, Alicante and Murcia. Flights to Geneva are also back for winter, providing a gateway to top European ski and snowboarding resorts. More winter 2008 routes will be released shortly. “Contrary to recent sensationalised reports, bmibaby is committed to its operation from Cardiff and will continue to offer low fares to exciting destinations. We will be celebrating six years of flying from the airport this year and hope to see many more successful years operating from Cardiff. We would like to thank all our passengers for their continued support.” Winter programme, stage one: Cardiff to:
For up-to-date information on Cardiff airport and to book Cardiff airport parking and Cardiff airport hotels click on the links. Cardiff International Airport is expecting over 10,000 rugby followers to travel through the airport this weekend for the Heineken Cup Final, held at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 24 May 2008. Munster and Toulouse fans will be arriving at the airport to watch their respective teams compete to become the Champions of Europe, and a total of 100 extra flights will be operating throughout the weekend – most arriving and departing on the day of the final. One hundred coaches will be waiting to transfer the travelling fans between the airport and the city centre, and Cardiff Council, South Wales Police and Cardiff Airport have worked together on additional measures to ensure a smooth and efficient operation. Additional Cardiff airport security personnel, handling agents and airport staff have also been recruited to deal with the additional passenger numbers at the airport. Graeme Gamble, the airport’s director of operations commented: ‘Repeating the highly successful operation conducted when the Heineken Cup final was last held in Cardiff in 2006, and by working closely with Cardiff Council, the coach companies involved, the Heineken Cup organisers and our partners at the airport we’re confident that this year will yet again prove to be a seamless operation on behalf of Cardiff Airport. We ask travelling fans to work with us to ensure everything goes to plan on the day, and wish both teams the best of luck.’
Welsh Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones flew from Cardiff Airport to Maes Awyr Môn, Anglesey, on Friday to celebrate the first anniversary of Wales’ north – south air link. The twice-daily Anglesey to Cardiff flights were launched last May by Highland Airways, and have carried more that 14,000 passengers. Mr Jones, also Minister for the Economy & Transport said: “This service has been a huge success, beating all expectations. The demand reflects the need for this connection, an important development that is serving the business and leisure markets in Wales. “Efficient, convenient transport networks within Wales are vital to stimulate enterprise and support economic growth. The air service links Welsh communities and businesses and plays a part in helping to draw together the nation, in line with the ambitions we set out in ‘One Wales’.” For up-to-date information on Cardiff airport and to book Cardiff airport parking using an online airport parking price checker click on the links. |
