Cardiff: Ryanair Flights, New Routes & Schedule Updates

[Jerry]

Good to see no reductions in frequency. Fingers crossed we'll get some flights from them at a later date and hopefully a new route!🤞
Also I think it's good its all been loaded at the same time.

 

[MJC73]

Same is good. As above hopefully additional flights will be announced - Edinburgh, Paris and Rome would be perfect - but presume Majorca is on the hitlist?

 

[Jerry]

Same is good. As above hopefully additional flights will be announced - Edinburgh, Paris and Rome would be perfect - but presume Majorca is on the hitlist?

Pretty much guaranteed that Majorca is number 1 destination on the list to get back. Paris could be an interesting one. Ryanair do seem to make Beauvais work as their airport for Paris, though its more equivalent to flying to Southend for London there is a pretty good coach connection to Paris and its good access for other parts of northern France. It is a basic airport but functional, its more a regional airport than a major hub.

 

[Tinkerman]

Hopefully some more extras to come … Either that or FR are waiting for the WG package to come through !

EXT has picked up a 4th weekly flight to ALC, ahead of the others …So reading between the lines, EXT is higher up the pecking order than CWL and others (Although there’s no competition at EXT unlike CWL who of course have VY and TUI on the route).

 

[Seasider]

Doesn't TUI fly to ALC?

 

[Jerry]

Doesn't TUI fly to ALC?

Yes they do 2 weekly on Tuesday and Saturday

 

[Seasider]

Sorry, I should have said from EXT.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

A quick check of TUI's website shows they don't fly to Alicante.

 

[Samdorob]

I’m quite pleased to see no reduction in any routes on S24, so I can only assume that we might see one new route. Worst case scenario is no growth.

Is it just me or do Ryanair only ever seem set on flying 13 flights per week from Cardiff.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

I’m quite pleased to see no reduction in any routes on S24, so I can only assume that we might see one new route. Worst case scenario is no growth.

Is it just me or do Ryanair only ever seem set on flying 13 flights per week from Cardiff.

Before Covid FR were operating aound 10 flights a week, so agreed they seem pretty stagnant.
The routes before Covid were FAO, AGP, TFS, BCN & MLA with the latter two not returning since.

 

[Barry Man]

I think they do 🤔

 

[geoff]

Many people from South Wales don't bother to look at CWL for flights, they seem fixated on BRS because of choice, especially the younger generation. They can't get better than a daily service to Alicante from their local airport CWL.

 

[Jerry]

Cardiff Airport is celebrating 10 years of Ryanair's return to the airport. They now operate 5 destinations and 13 weekly departures, hopefully we'll see more from them in the future.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1852372302438023445

 

[Em0866]

Of course, they used to operate BAC1-11s years ago from CWL to DUB, for those of you who remember. Let's hope at this 10 year anniversary they will operate more flights next year 🤞

 

[Samdorob]

Of course, they used to operate BAC1-11s years ago from CWL to DUB, for those of you who remember. Let's hope at this 10 year anniversary they will operate more flights next year 🤞

I’d like to think we see at least one new route announced in December. As for their previous life on the DUB route, imagine if they had set up a base back then. The airport could be in such a different position. No one has a crystal ball though!

 

[Jerry]

I’d like to think we see at least one new route announced in December. As for their previous life on the DUB route, imagine if they had set up a base back then. The airport could be in such a different position. No one has a crystal ball though!

Fingers crossed, it would be great to see them launch Mallorca or even return with Malta or Barcelona.

 

[Jerry]

I see Ryanair have released some new routes from Aberdeen, Glasgow and Bournemouth. Fingers crossed we'll see something for Cardiff!

 

[Jerry]

13x weekly flights. Schedules below.
Alicante timings have improved slightly over S24, but still aren't great.
Malaga, apart from Saturday aren't great for departing CWL.
Tenerife has just changed day with same schedule, early departure form TFS
Dublin timings have improved well with the removal of the late night Saturday flight.

Dublin
Monday - 1145/1245 - 1310/1410
Tuesday - 1455/1555 - 1620/1720
Friday - 1100/1200 - 1225/1325
Sunday - 0935/1035 - 1100/1200

Alicante
Tuesday - 0705/0835 - 0900/1225
Friday - 1730/1900 - 1925/2250
Sunday - 1835/2005 - 2030/2355

Faro
Monday - 1355/1635 - 1700/1935
Thursday - 0815/1055 - 1120/1355

Malaga
Monday - 1835/2015 - 2040/0020
Friday - 1835/2015 - 2040/0020
Saturday - 1440/1620 - 1645/2025

Tenerife
Thursday - 0600/100 - 1025/1440

Do we think this is essentially it now for Summer 2025? There was some hope of them launching Palma de Mallorca but I'd have thought if they were going to they'd have done it by now.

 

[Samdorob]

Do we think this is essentially it now for Summer 2025? There was some hope of them launching Palma de Mallorca but I'd have thought if they were going to they'd have done it by now.

Im not sure. There’s still a little time. I think it was this time last year they announced ALC and TFS.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

Im not sure. There’s still a little time. I think it was time last year they announced ALC and TFS.

It was indeed Dec 5th 2023 that ALC and TFS were put on sale.