Air southwest
 

I think if you check an Air southwest booking of flights from NQY - NCL they are via CWL monday to fri from 1st April 2011.

Hope this helps

Just filtering through now

Newquay - Newcastle via Cardiff (Mon-Fri)

Departing NQY 06:35 Arriving CWL 07:10
Departing CWL 07:30 Arriving NCL 08:40

Departing NCL 09:05 Arriving CWL 10:15
Departing CWL 10:35 Arriving NQY 11:10

The Eastern Airways T34641/T34642 will now operate on Air Southwest Dash8-Q300 in reverse order.

The T34647/T34648 wil be operated on the Jetstream 41.

Flights now bookable to both Newquay and Newcastle, lets hope all these new routes are a success, and we are able to increase passenger numbers soon!

I would imagine that the end result if a success is the NQY-CWL-NCL will be x 2 Daily to ensure convenience to business passengers from NQY

Helvetic Airways will open a new connection between Cardiff and Zurich, as of 28th March.

Flights are scheduled 4 times weekly on Mo-We-Th-Fr.

Below the timetable, from their website :

ZRH-CWL CWL-ZRH
Flugnummer: 2L442 2L443
Abflug Tag 1: 06.20 Uhr 07.50 Uhr
Ankunft Tag 1: 07.10 Uhr 10.30 Uhr
Abflug Tag 3,4,5: 13.10 Uhr 14.45 Uhr
Ankunft Tag 3,4,5: 14.00 Uhr 17.25 Uhr

CWL-ABZ (via NCL)
 

Cardiff gains new link to ABZ! :ok:

Eastern Airways to introduce new Cardiff - Aberdeen link - Eastern Airways

Good news; and technically a new route for CWL as selected services operate ABZ-CWL via NCL & CWL-ABZ via NCL (sold as 1-stop) with NO aircraft change required. Additionally, as of 03Jan the a.m. CWL-NCL-CWL service will op on the SZ Bombardier Q300 with a change of dep/arr times all round.

PP2

CWL -ABZ
 

Looking at the flights, the only non-aircraft change flight will be the ABZ-CWL via NCL. From CWL-ABZ you will have to change aircraft to a connecting flight (except on Sundays)

CWL to NCL will be twice daily Mo-Fri and once on Sun - the weekday morning flights operated by Air Southwest Dash 8's and the evening flights operated by Eastern Jetstreams. On Sunday an Eastern Saab stops over at NCL the way to ABZ

NCL to CWL will be twice daily Mo-Fri and once Sun - the weekday morning flights operated by Air Southwest Dash 8's and the evening flights operated by Eastern Jetstreams having come from ABZ and using NCL as a stop over. Sunday an Eastern Saab stops over from ABZ on the way to CWL.

CWL to ABZ will be once daily Mo-Fri and Sun - it is only available on weekdays by getting two flights (sold together on Easterns website) - Air Southwest to NCL and then one of a number of Easterns NCL-ABZ flights. On Sunday the flight is operated by a Eastern Saab 2000 and has a stopover in NCL.

ABZ to CWL will be once daily Mo-Fri and Sun - there is only one option available which is an afternoon Eastern Jetstream (or Saab on Sundays) via NCL (thus no AC change). The AC then turns round at CWL and is used to return to NCL only (or back to ABZ via NCL on Sunday)

So in terms of aircraft movements at CWL -
Weekday mornings - Air Southwest Dash 8 in from NQY, out to NCL and in from NCL, out to NQY.
Weekday afternoons - Eastern Jetstream 41 in from ABZ (via NCL) and out to NCL.
Sunday afternoons - Eastern Saab in from ABZ (via NCL) and out to ABZ (via NCL)

Summer 2011

Rough timetable for Summer 2011. Assuming that NM wins the 4 year subsidy on VLY route.

Monday
06:00 Palma WW
06:00 Amsterdam KL
07:00 Malaga WW
07:25 Dalaman TOM
07:30 Anglesey NM
07:30 Newcastle SZ/T3
07:50 Zurich 2L
08:00 Dalaman TCX
08:05 Las Palmas TOM
08:45 Glasgow BE
08:55 Edinburgh BE
09:05 Amsterdam KL
10:35 Newquay SZ
11:35 Dublin EI
11:45 Belfast City BE
12:00 Faro WW
13:55 Edinburgh WW
14:40 Reus TCX
15:25 Munich WW
15:50 Paris CDG BE
16:15 Anglesey NM
16:35 Dublin EI
16:40 Belfast City BE
17:20 Murcia WW
17:25 Amsterdam KL
18:30 Alicante WW
18:30 Bourgas TOM
18:35 Bodrum TOM
18:55 Bodrum TCX
19:10 Newcastle T3
19:55 Edinburgh BE
20:10 Glasgow BE

Tuesday
06:00 Amsterdam KL
06:00 Palma TOM
06:05 Malaga WW
06:30 Reus TOM
07:00 Palma WW
07:30 Anglesey NM
07:30 Newcastle SZ/T3
08:00 Heraklion TCX
08:45 Glasgow BE
08:55 Edinburgh BE
09:05 Amsterdam KL
10:35 Newquay SZ
10:45 Malta KM
11:35 Dublin EI
11:45 Belfast City BE
12:50 Alicante WW
13:00 Jersey WW
13:10 Jersey BE
13:10 Kefalonia TOM
13:10 Antalya TOM
15:45 Faro WW
15:50 Paris CDG BE
16:05 Edinburgh BE
16:15 Anglesey NM
16:35 Dublin EI
17:25 Amsterdam KL
18:30 Antalya TCX
19:05 Palma WW
19:10 Newcastle T3
19:55 Edinburgh BE
20:10 Glasgow BE

Wednesday
06:00 Amsterdam KL
06:00 Ibiza TOM
06:15 Enfidha TOM
06:45 Palma WW
07:00 Malaga WW
07:15 Fuerteventura TCX
07:30 Anglesey NM
07:30 Newcastle SZ/T3
08:45 Glasgow BE
08:55 Edinburgh BE
09:05 Amsterdam KL
10:35 Newquay SZ
11:35 Dublin EI
11:45 Belfast City BE
12:45 Alicante WW
13:20 Larnaca TOM
13:55 Edinburgh WW
14:45 Zurich 2L
14:45 Rhodes TOM
15:50 Paris CDG BE
16:15 Anglesey NM
16:35 Dublin EI
17:20 Mahon WW
17:25 Amsterdam KL
17:55 Rhodes TCX
19:00 Ibiza WW
19:10 Newcastle T3
19:55 Edinburgh BE
20:10 Glasgow BE

Thursday
06:00 Amsterdam KL
06:00 Palma WW
07:00 Malaga WW
07:00 Palma TOM
07:00 Zante TCX
07:15 Faro TOM
07:30 Anglesey NM
07:30 Newcastle SZ/T3
08:45 Glasgow BE
08:55 Edinburgh BE
09:05 Amsterdam KL
10:35 Newquay SZ
11:35 Dublin EI
11:45 Belfast City BE
13:10 Jersey BE
13:55 Jersey WW
14:40 Belfast City BE
14:45 Zurich 2L
14:45 Dalaman TOM
14:50 Heraklion TOM
15:45 Alicante WW
15:50 Paris CDG BE
16:05 Edinburgh BE
16:15 Anglesey NM
16:30 Lanzarote TCX
16:35 Dublin EI
16:40 Faro WW
17:25 Amsterdam KL
18:15 Malaga WW
19:10 Newcastle T3
19:55 Edinburgh BE
20:10 Glasgow BE


Friday
06:00 Amsterdam KL
06:00 Palma WW
06:00 Zante TOM
07:00 Malaga WW
07:25 Tenerife South TCX
07:30 Newcastle SZ/T3
07:30 Anglesey NM
07:50 Corfu TOM
08:20 Belfast City BE
08:45 Glasgow BE
08:55 Edinburgh BE
09:05 Amsterdam KL
10:35 Newquay SZ
11:35 Dublin EI
12:00 Murcia WW
13:55 Edinburgh WW
14:40 Belfast City BE
14:45 Zurich 2L
15:15 Anglesey NM
15:25 Munich WW
15:30 Mahon TOM
15:50 Paris CDG BE
16:35 Dublin EI
16:55 Tenerife South TOM
17:20 Mahon WW
17:25 Amsterdam KL
18:00 Dalaman TCX
18:20 Alicante WW
19:10 Newcastle T3
19:55 Edinburgh BE
20:10 Glasgow BE
22:45 Ibiza TOM

Saturday
06:00 Amsterdam KL
06:00 Ibiza TCX
06:10 Malaga WW
06:10 Ibiza TOM
06:45 Palma TOM
08:30 Jersey WW
08:45 Belfast City BE
08:50 Paris CDG BE
08:55 Jersey BE
09:05 Amsterdam KL
11:15 Faro WW
11:35 Dublin EI
11:50 Edinburgh BE
12:55 Alicante WW
13:10 Glasgow BE
13:20 Palma TCX
13:30 Alicante TOM
13:55 Sharm El Sheikh TOM
17:25 Amsterdam KL
17:45 Palma WW
19:10 Ibiza WW
20:30 Dalaman TCX
20:55 Dalaman OHY
20:55 Kos TOM

Sunday
06:00 Malaga WW
06:00 Amsterdam KL
06:35 Murcia WW
07:00 Lanzarote TOM
07:25 Paphos TCX
08:35 Malaga TOM
09:05 Amsterdam KL
10:00 Bourgas BGH
12:30 Belfast City BE
12:45 Palma WW
12:50 Dublin EI
12:55 Mahon WW
13:10 Jersey BE
15:25 Munich WW
15:50 Paris CDG BE
16:05 Edinburgh BE
16:15 Dalaman TOM
16:35 Dublin EI
16:40 Belfast City BE
17:10 Paphos TOM
17:25 Amsterdam KL
18:40 Edinburgh WW
19:05 Alicante WW
19:05 Newcastle/Aberdeen T3
19:15 Enfidha TCX
19:55 Edinburgh BE
20:10 Glasgow BE

Amsterdam-21
Edinburgh-19
Dublin-13
Palma -13
Glasgow -12
Belfast City-11
Newcastle-11
Anglesey-10
Malaga-9
Alicante-8
Dalaman-7
Jersey-7
Paris CDG-7
Ibiza -6
Faro-5
Newquay-5
Mahon-4
Zurich -4
Munich -3
Murica-3
Antayla-2
Bodrum-2
Bourgas-2
Enfidha-2
Heraklion-2
Lanzarote -2
Paphos-2
Reus-2
Rhodes-2
Tenerife South-2
Zante-2
Corfu-1
Fuerteventura-1
Kefalonia-1
Kos-1
Larnaca-1
Las Palmas -1
Malta-1
Sharm el Sheikh -1

Total Number of Flights a Week – 208
Average Number of flights a Day – 29.7
Gains: More BE rotations on EDI and BHD, New Munich, New Zurich, NewNewquay, Sunday NCL with a Saab, SZ aircraft to NCL, Possible 3rd Aircraft from WW but a shuffle of the timetable would mean 2 based, Possible 2 x 757 TOM, IBZ from WW.
Losses- Goldtrail flights (OHY, Saga, Turkuaz), Eurocypria flights, EI dropped ORK and 3rd Daily DUB, BE dropped NCL.
Mutual- Change of AMS flight times.

Based - 2(/3) x 737 WW
1 x 757 and 1 x 738 TOM
1 x A321 TCx
1 x D228 NM

Anyone know why the MON970 from BHX-AGP diverted to Cardiff this morning??

MON Divert...
 

From South Wales Aviation Group:


MG

Looks like the new CWL-NQY service has been brought forward to 04 January to coincide with the Q300 being introduced on the CWL-NCL a.m service (and their new ABZ link), hence the NQY-CWL-NCL-CWL-NQY rotation...although, having said that, tickets are for sale but theres no official timetable on the website.

There has also been no official announcements to the launch of NQY-CWL either so it may be launched officially in the next week or two.

Cardiff has become emergency central over the last few days but i believe every occasion it has been a job well done especially today with the MON.

Monarch Diversion BHX-AGP
 

mathers

Good to see Monarch chose Cardiff to divert to over others - must be the excellent ground handling recieved in the past :ok:

PP

I don't think he chose CWL as a matter of choice, after all if the pilots backside is going half acrown - sixpence he will put his sick aircraft down asap no matter where he was. geography dictated where he landed, not emotion.


UNLESS THEY HAVE AN X FACTOR POSITION TABLE OF THE TOP TEN BEST PLACES TO DIVERT IN THE EVENT OF POSSIBILITY OF MEETING THEIR MAKER.:ugh:

Zb Bhx-agp
 

The replay on Casper shows that it got to about 26400 ft just over the sea
abeam Cardiff when it started to descend but it disappeared of the screen about a minute or two later. There was little levelling off.

Casper - live aircraft tracking

If you reply to about 7.44 you can follow it for a couple of minutes.

The delayed inbound is just over the Channel returning as a 321.

BMI Baby BFS - Cardiff diverted into BHX about one hour ago, I assume
due weather although not the greatest night up here either.

Pete

In this instance i imagine that it was a case of get down as soon as possible. As it seems they just started to fly over the river severn when they dedected the issue i imagine it was either Cardiff or Bristol.

Runway 30 was active at CWL therefore it may have looked a better option and longer runway could have also played a part.

But the way in which it was handled and the comments not only from the airline but by the passengers themselves was a testiment to a job well done.

This will fill airlines with confidence that they can rely on non base stations such as CWL in the future for Diversions.

Cardiff to Cork Service
 

After a discussion on another forum i thought i would ask the thoughts of the members of pprune.

Who is going to step in an pick up the Cardiff to Cork service?

There are two airlines in my opinion that could step in.

Bmibaby could operate 1 x Daily Cardiff - Cork which would be an ideal short sectored route and mean a 3rd aircraft base is more likely.

Manx2.com could also a more business friendly 3 x Daily service to Cork. With the size of the Manx2.com aircraft there shouldn't be a reason why Manx2.com can't operate a shuttle service back and forth ORK with 4 - 5 flights a day. This would mean that a aircraft would either need to be based at Cardiff or Cork.

I don't believe Flybe could provide the service until it has a base at either Cardiff. The reason being is that for some reason Flybe doesn't have any flights operating into Cork from any of it's bases.

CWL-ORK
 

Below is the summer timetable of the routes from mainland UK to Cork.

LHR - EI - 4 x Daily A320

LGW - EI - 2 x Daily A320
LGW - FR - 1 x Daily B738

STN - FR - 2 x Daily B738

MAN - EI - 1 x Daily A320
MAN - WW - 3 Weekly B733

BHX - EI - 1 x Daily A320

EDI - EI - 2 x Daily AT72

GLA - EI - 1 x Daily AT72

BRS - EI - 1 x Daily AT72

NCL - LS - 2 x Weekly B733

LPL - FR - 1 x Daily B738

CWL - EI - 1 x Daily AT72

NQY/PLH - SZ - 4 x Weekly DH8

EI Regional pulled out of the CWL to ORK route on a 1 x Daily AT72 route in the summer so why would WW come in flying daily with an aircraft with nearly double the capacity if EI couldn't make it work?
Also Manx isn't going to run a "shuttle" when the only airports with multiple daily flights to ORK are from London, Manchester and Edinburgh even if it is with a smaller aircraft?

The reason the route was cut was due to fleet shortages not due to LF. The LF for this route were quite good. If a 2 daily routine was put in place it would no longer just rely on leisure passengers like the EI CWL-ORK was. NM would be ideal for this route.

Just a correction, but MAN-ORK is now a 2 daily EI regional Atr72