bmibaby cut flights from CWL
bmibaby, the biggest low-cost airline flying from Cardiff Airport, has confirmed it will cut flights from the Welsh hub this winter because of soaring oil prices. The airline’s commercial director, Julian Carr, told the Echo newspaper that cutbacks were being made to safeguard the company’s long-term future. A spokesman for Cardiff Airport said officials were working closely with bmibaby as it finalised its winter schedule and would do what they could to help.
Mr Carr said the airline had long- term plans to expand flights and destinations from Cardiff, but that this winter was not the time to be taking risks. He said: ‘It’s about prudent scheduling. We need to be sensible and robust so that we don’t have excessive capacity. Every airline is scaling back over the winter. This is nothing out of the ordinary. In the long term we have strong growth plans. Cardiff is a very strong base for us.’
Mr Carr said most of the cutbacks would be in reductions in the numbers of flights to existing destinations and that they would not be drastic. However, he did not rule out removing routes from Cardiff when the airline announces the second part of its winter schedule in the coming weeks.