CARDIFF

[I'm not joking sir]

Crazy as usual. Stand numbers have been changed everywhere except on the actual stands which aren't going to be remarked until at least Tuesday! "Taxi to stand 9, that's the stand marked as 7."

[pipertommy]

Why on earth did they change them before they were marked up.What a cock up!!!!!! And no one even told the fire station it was in force so any calls would have sent us to the wrong stand Good sign for start of the season.

[nclairportfan]

CWL - BRU

Eastern flights from CWL-BRU are available to book on their website. Looks like cheapest fare is around £179 return

[flower]

Welsh teletext reporting earlier today that Aer Arran will be announcing further new routes this week.

[MerchantVenturer]

Hello Flower.

I don't know whether they are the routes mentioned in this BBC link.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4960626.stm

At first glance the BBC report suggests more routes are being announced this week then further down it seems they are referring to Cork (already started), Lorient and Galway (both already announced).

What does seem clear from the report is that RE intends flying to more destinations from CWL in the future.

You will doubtless remember that this airline announced a CWL-BHD route back in the winter but nothing came of it. I would have thought that BHD is a likely route, especially now that baby is only flying once a day to BFS.

[WOWBOY]

Welsh teletext reporting earlier today that Aer Arran will be announcing further new routes this week

Wonder what routes?
If anything comes out of it!

[Rachman]

Originally Posted by flower

I must admit my own feeling is that Ryanair pulling out and Aer Arran moving in is probably a good thing.
Edited to add it would seem Aer Arran may be announcing further new routes from CWL this week, would be good if some of the Ex Air Wales crews are back flying from the City.

Flower, I agree completely. Glad to see the back of Private Ryan. Maybe now the airport and handling agents might actually make some money out of a DUB route! Notice the timing of it, too, following right on the heels of AWW closure - this might actually have been the saviour of Air Wales who were well placed to fill the DUB gap. Could have made a difference, who knows? No use crying over spilt milk and I wish RE all the success they undoubtably deserve with all their routes.

And Flower, don't worry, you'll recognise several AWW voices through your head-set!

R

[flower]

I also recognised on the TV an ex AirWales pilot flying off with 14 of his colleagues to Dublin today to start with Aer Arran.
The Airport company is doing a big push on promoting the place at the moment with quite a bit on the TV, lets hope what the Aviation Analyst said was correct and that CIAL is now really pushing for new routes and new airlines, I am very fond of the airport it would be great to see it prosper

[Stone Cold II]

Let's hope so I would love to see CWL really take off and have a few good airlines operating all year round, then I could come home.

[GBALU53]

Ex Red Dragon Pilots

I inderstand Aurigny may have taken some on, there ATR72 was in Dinard on Saturday on a training flight.

There mail contract to Bournemouth is being operated by the ATR for a two week trial basis and if it works they would require more pilots to crew the overnight operation.

Cheap and quick to get on line and i would think some of the ex Air Wales pilots would go any where to keep currant as well as having a job.

[high_flying_adored]

Originally Posted by Rachman

Up the workers!!
Rachman

Ah, that brings a tear to my eye already!

Thanks Rachman

[bycrewlgw]

Airtours have launched a CWL - POP flight for summer 07 different timings to the TOM/BY flight so maybe some competition ahead? Any other new routes for 07? TOM seems to have withdrawn a few for next year!

[BYCREWBOY]

which ones have BY withdrawn?

[caaardiff]

Just been looking at the timetable for Winter 06/07 and summer 07 for TOM

Paphos has been added for the winter and Alicante & Malaga are x4 a wk, so looks like 2 aircraft will be based through the winter.

But for summer 07, Varna seem to have been withdrawn and Malaga from x5 to x4 weekly. Puerto Plata isnt showing on the timetable, or in flights section, but you can book in holiday section

[BYCREWBOY]

Thanks through the grape vine POP may be a W pattern

[GBALU53]

Guernsey Route

Airx (Rockhopper/Blueislands) have made an application to CAA licensing to operate a Guernsey-Cardiff schedule service but we do not know when this will start.

[CWL_Chris]

Good news about the Guernsey service. What would the aircraft type be? ATR?

Just noticed that there is a flight to Split, with the following flight number OU1509.. any idea what its for? Is it some sort of charter?

Regards,
Chris

[Richard Taylor]

Any of the CWL guys know what has happened to the start of T3's CWL-ABZ
route, thought it was due to begin 24/4, but no sign of it yet.

Crewing issues or have they been unable to reach agreement on timings with the respective airports?

Not a dicky bird at the ABZ end.

Thanks.

[CWL_Chris]

Richard Taylor

I think it must have something to do with crew and aircraft available to do the routes. CWL-NCL is at 2x daily and the CWL-BRU service is due to start 5th June 2006. I should have thought that the CWL-ABZ route is the least important route of the three in the eyes of CWL & Eastern Airways management, so will be the last to start. However, it would be nice to see it flying relatively soon.

Regards,
Chris

[GBALU53]

GCI-CWL

CWL Chris

Blueislands (Rockhopper/Airx) will i would have at a good guess there Jetstreams on this route just like the old Manx days of operating the same type of aircraft

The other aircraft in there fleet are Trislanders and Islander so you can take this as it being the Jetstreams with nineteen seats so at least it is good to see a new company looking at new ideas and we hope it will work out.

Blueislands will have three aircraft operating by the beginning of june and the only schedules at the moment are the Channel Islands to the Isle of Man five times a week and Jersey to Bournemouth.

So i would have at a good guess this could be the start of more routes they will be applying to the CAA for.