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it will take on KLM on its flagship Amsterdam route
Either they mean that CWLAMS is the flagship route - as the only route they operate out of CWL, that would be a little dramatic - or they mean that AMSCWL is KLM's flagship route..... Hmmmm...
This will be one to watch. KLM is driven by interline traffic, and it will be interesting to see what effect baby have. Prediction? This one will do well for baby, and in the main will be new traffic, not traffic taken from KLM.
So the "take on" bit is manure as well!
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Bring on Greggs!
Heard more rumours Ryanair will be pulling out of CWL by Apr due to disagreements with the airport.
6G must have grins from ear to ear. But will baby take the route off them? Saying that Ryanair just upgraded the 738 so if they do go theres plenty of business for 6g and ww!
KLM and baby doing AMS could be interesting. Offers to completely different markets.
Domestic pier should be coming down soon too. Next year will be interesting finding a place to park!
Maybe NCP will stick their nose in and rinse the airlines.
They get everywhere else.
And aside from giving every passenger a hi-viz jacket for the apron, another few buses would go down well to stands not near the piers
Thomsons now apparently using 763 762 & 75 for summer (All airbridge contenders! - will it be 1st come 1st served or will based aircraft get priority? Dont forget Onur, freebird - if they are used by Goldtrail next yr, and Zoom.)
Next year is going to be v interesting. Especially for the passengers! Its going to get overcrowded and chaotic in places with so many flights going at same time.
Slightest wiff of a delay and departures is crammed.
Few flights coming in at same time and baggage is manic, especially if a belt breaks down and isnt fixed for over 2 wks!!!!
Shame most of this is rumours though. Be nice to hear some facts
Sorry for the essay, am a new member and just catching up on the goss
Heard more rumours Ryanair will be pulling out of CWL by Apr due to disagreements with the airport.
6G must have grins from ear to ear. But will baby take the route off them? Saying that Ryanair just upgraded the 738 so if they do go theres plenty of business for 6g and ww!
KLM and baby doing AMS could be interesting. Offers to completely different markets.
Domestic pier should be coming down soon too. Next year will be interesting finding a place to park!
Maybe NCP will stick their nose in and rinse the airlines.
They get everywhere else.And aside from giving every passenger a hi-viz jacket for the apron, another few buses would go down well to stands not near the piers
Thomsons now apparently using 763 762 & 75 for summer (All airbridge contenders! - will it be 1st come 1st served or will based aircraft get priority? Dont forget Onur, freebird - if they are used by Goldtrail next yr, and Zoom.)
Next year is going to be v interesting. Especially for the passengers! Its going to get overcrowded and chaotic in places with so many flights going at same time.
Slightest wiff of a delay and departures is crammed.
Few flights coming in at same time and baggage is manic, especially if a belt breaks down and isnt fixed for over 2 wks!!!!
Shame most of this is rumours though. Be nice to hear some facts
Sorry for the essay, am a new member and just catching up on the goss
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Saying that Ryanair just upgraded the 738 so if they do go theres plenty of business for 6g and ww!
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According to this CWL will see a 733, 752 and 763
Seems the Cancun flights go via Dublin, some Puerto Plata flights via Belfast and the Sanford flights nonstop. 763 in CWL on Tuesdays to Thursdays
Seems the Cancun flights go via Dublin, some Puerto Plata flights via Belfast and the Sanford flights nonstop. 763 in CWL on Tuesdays to Thursdays
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Strong rumours from good scources around about even more new routes to be announced.
The pier coming down allows for more stands to help alleviate the parking problems, they will be nose in stands properly defined as opposed to the open parking currently available on Stand 1.
The pier coming down allows for more stands to help alleviate the parking problems, they will be nose in stands properly defined as opposed to the open parking currently available on Stand 1.
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Heard more rumours Ryanair will be pulling out of CWL by Apr due to disagreements with the airport.
Surely Ryanair wouldn't deal with the airport direct, so what's their relationship with TBI / Abertis like?
Are there similar issues at LTN/NYO?
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As i said, most of it is rumours and was seeing if anyone had anymore info.
GrahamK - V informative site. Are there anymore like that around for other airlines?
However, on comparison, some of the info doesnt match the timetable on the Thomson website....but saying that thomson.co.uk's timetable doesnt match the thomsonfly.com timetable!!
GrahamK - V informative site. Are there anymore like that around for other airlines?
However, on comparison, some of the info doesnt match the timetable on the Thomson website....but saying that thomson.co.uk's timetable doesnt match the thomsonfly.com timetable!!
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Probably not!But we`re working our ass off clearing the rwy(in on a break)Ryanair landed but had no parking for it,same for a Baby. fun and games here as usual
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Just checking the website. How come everything is stilll so delayed? Or is it just the backlog? Must've been bad down there, havent had it too bad by me
Woooooo christmas is coming
Woooooo christmas is coming
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Indeed everyone worked v hard today to get the airport back in service, finally opening at 1030 this morning. Then of course it was the deicing of aircraft which with snow accumulations took a very long time.
Looked very pretty from the tower but glad we don't have to put up with this too often.
Looked very pretty from the tower but glad we don't have to put up with this too often.
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Reported at 0615 for a 0700 departure and finally got off at 11.20!
It turned a nice 2 sector day into along one but I think everyone at the Airport did their best and our Pax seemed remarkably patient at both ends!
Quite a distinct line going from the Centre of Cardiff North. Anything to the East was clear of snow and to the West was white!
It turned a nice 2 sector day into along one but I think everyone at the Airport did their best and our Pax seemed remarkably patient at both ends!
Quite a distinct line going from the Centre of Cardiff North. Anything to the East was clear of snow and to the West was white!
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Simply the airport has only two plough`s manned by the on watch AFS which gets tricky during movements(have to be able to provide fire cover).The apron were unable to clear the stands do to lack of man power.The AFS ended up doing what we could later on in the day.The runway and main taxiways i guess are more important than charlie,delta and echo turn offs.But if you feel like lending a hand on echo next time just bringing your high viz and i`ll provide a shovel?Only joking.
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so basically what you are saying is that cardiff airport is not equipped, both by manpower and machinery, to deal with the eventuality of snow. So in the event of snow/blizzard, would the airport fire category drop whilst snow is being cleared? Would aircraft have to hold or divert whilst clearing is taking place?
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Snow v Fire
I presume that they work on the basis that if the airport is closed by snow, there will not be any aircraft landing or taking off so the firemen are effectively "spare".
Once the snow is cleared, aircraft operations can re-start, and the firemen go back to being firemen?
Once the snow is cleared, aircraft operations can re-start, and the firemen go back to being firemen?
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The airfield was closed so the RRF category didn't apply, as soon as the airfield was handed back to me over the RT one of the calls given was the RRF category which was our normal Winter one of 7.
The fire and operations team worked like Trojans to get the airfield open on Friday. They never stopped. They were also never stroppy or awkward at any time when constantly asked by myself and colleagues how long things would take what they were doing etc..
Cardiff gets hit by snow once in a Blue Moon, the snow we received on Thursday/Friday night was not forecast. When the weather warnings came in the night before they certainly did not prepare us for what happened.
Regarding the clearing of alternative runway exit points, the procedure is clear A1 and B1 . They then work on the apron area.
as a light hearted aside.
Piper Tommy are you one of the Fireman in the Charity Calendar of Cardiff Firefighters on sale at the Airport
The fire and operations team worked like Trojans to get the airfield open on Friday. They never stopped. They were also never stroppy or awkward at any time when constantly asked by myself and colleagues how long things would take what they were doing etc..
Cardiff gets hit by snow once in a Blue Moon, the snow we received on Thursday/Friday night was not forecast. When the weather warnings came in the night before they certainly did not prepare us for what happened.
Regarding the clearing of alternative runway exit points, the procedure is clear A1 and B1 . They then work on the apron area.
as a light hearted aside.
Piper Tommy are you one of the Fireman in the Charity Calendar of Cardiff Firefighters on sale at the Airport
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No Speed.......
E1 is only any good for turboprops or half empty jets if your using 30, A1 & B1 are much more use for a fairly full jet. Especially in wet (possbliy slippery)conditions.
Glad we got 30m cleared width!
E1 is only any good for turboprops or half empty jets if your using 30, A1 & B1 are much more use for a fairly full jet. Especially in wet (possbliy slippery)conditions.
Glad we got 30m cleared width!
