and the Duty Free had some great deals on Hensol Gin.
That's good to hear as much as the route is important for Welsh people travelling its important for inbound tourism and business. Glad you had a good experience.
There was a suggestion a while ago of changing the airport rail link to Barry station. Idk if that will go ahead or not. I do think the rail link is a good way of getting to Cardiff.
If you landed this evening, I was on the beach at the Knap. I took particular interest as it wasn’t the usual KLM livery.I have just returned from Oslo, using KLM to go via Schipol. The journey was an absolute dream and so very easy. It probably did cost a few quid more than London but the time saved is/was more than recompense.
On arrival the Ireland rugby drops and returns were in full flow - the image shows a Belfast City arrival and two of the Ryanair services. The terminal was buzzing with travellers and it felt very alive.
The staff were friendly and I'd echo the comments regarding the security area. Come summer season I look forward to seeing it at full bore. Costa coffee was good for Costa coffee
As for flights, the flight to Amsterdam was full and coming back this afternoon there were maybe 10 seats not taken. Number in the departure queues in the Schipol basement showed Cardiff, Bristol and Aberdeen to be about equal - a Heathrow flight was cancelled today. There were at least 20/25 non Welsh travellers so the taxi stand was doing trade with a few more waiting by the bus stop.
Landing was smooth (in a Cityhopper with a SkyTeam livery). The city, Penarth, Sully, Barry metro area looked pretty much as one. The weather helped but if that was an initial landing it would probably impress.
Lastly, there were/are a hell of alot more cars than I would have expected for end of February but it would obviously be positive if there were more.
I would say moving it to Barry would give the benefit of more trains per hour. 3 or 4 I believe as opposed to the current 1 per hour. It would just need a bus to meet it going from Barry or Barry Docks to the airport. I think it’s a 10 to 15 minute journey.
Yes i believe that is the idea more frequency of trains especially with the Metro.
Service is to your table rather than a buffet affair. Food wise hot food is served but it's more breakfast and lunch items. Pancakes, bacon roll, soup and potato skins (i had the latter 2 items) and you can only choose 2 items. Snacks like cakes and crisps are unlimited. Drinks 4 alcoholic drinks and unlimited soft drinks. Overall it's a nice place and an improvement on the last time I used it. KLM passengers have their own section but idk what is different for them. When i left departures was pretty busy with Dublin, Alicante and Amsterdam being the next departures though after them the only departure then was Loganair to Edinburgh. My flight to Dublin boarded from gate 3 so it wasn't that far to walk and I was able to get to see the aircraft land and come onto stand and noticed quite a few Welsh football fans get off the aircraft, I guess they used Ryanair to get to Brussels. Boarding was via steps which I always prefer and we got to spend some time on the apron before they let us on. The flight was probably not even 2/3rds full and I had 2 seats spare next to me. One thing I noticed is that some of the passengers weren't Irish or Welsh. There were North American and Australian voices amongst the passengers as well so possibly doing onward connections maybe. Good to hear!
E gates are for immigration not security but considering how quiet the airport is atm it's probably on minimal staffing.
My reading skills clearly need improvement. It's been a while since I've been through CWL, I didn't even recognise the security area! They've done a brilliant job on that!
Yep it is much nicer and bigger. I can understand people being frustrated especially when they see empty security scanners not being used.
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