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Well one thing’s for sure, I’d rather not go on holiday than fly from Bristol. It’s a horrible overcrowded airport. Always happy to fly from Cardiff, easy parking easy check-in, nice lounge, hassle free boarding. In contrast last time I flew from Bristol I used the sat-nav and it took me down a...

dplay.co.uk is the Discovery Channel’s Quest equivalent of BBC i-player. Episode 1 of Plane Reclaimers is on there, and any other Quest programmes you missed such as Outback Opal Hunters, Alaska, Deadliest Catch, etc.

Faro is twice weekly, starting Fri Jul 3 and Mon July 6, ending Fri Oct 23.

I had an e-mail this morning from Ryanair that they are starting flights again, commencing July 1, with a 1,000 flights daily across Europe, subject to government restrictions being lifted. There are 27 flights resuming from Bristol, but only 1 flight survives from Cardiff, which is Faro.

Pegas Fly B767 KAR9020 arrived at Cardiff today and has already departed, it’s presently flying over the Baltic Sea KAR9021 on its return journey according to my Plane Finder App.

Yet they will still be flying daily to UK destinations Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London City, London Heathrow, Manchester, and Newcastle during that period, according to the article.

A big bird flew over Bridgend today. According to Plane Finder it was a 747-436, BAW9156A, G-CIVV

Edinburgh - Cardiff route is back with a new carrier Loganair from 23 March with a daily Embraer Regional Jet service, which will rise to a 10 weekly ERJ service from 1 Sept, lead in fare £49 one way. Loganair has announced it will take over 16 routes formerly flown by Flybe. It will represent...

Anyway it’s a massive blow to Cardiff Airport. What British carrier has the capability of taking over the routes lost with suitably sized aircraft, or will a new free of debt Flybe emerge from the ashes of the old company under a different name?

Sorry, I’m reading the Cardiff Airport Departures Board wrong, it’s Loganair/Flybe to Edinburgh that’s been cancelled, the Loganair codesharing confused me.

Why has the Loganair route to Glasgow been cancelled every day as well?

With Jet2 and EasyJet buying up Thomas Cook’s landing slots in the UK what has happened to their landing slots in Cardiff? Could Frankfurt based Condor Airlines, which was part of the Thomas Cook Group, but is still operating independently, be persuaded to come in and claim them and start a...

Heathrow is 3c Foggy, that Atlanta flight has just landed.

Oh I just found BA 543 Bologna-Heathrow diverting to Bournemouth.

Why are some flights diverting to Cardiff, others not? BA 226 Atlanta-Heathrow has just passed over Cardiff on its way to Heathrow.