Vueling

[geoff]

It's good to see Vueling staying the same through out the winter, let's hope Ryanair will add something more for this winter as well, they seem to have expanded at some airports where their winter schedule has already been loaded, e.g. Exeter and Leeds Bradford. CWL really needs more winter schedules.

 

[Tinkerman]

Now loaded all the way through to the end of March 2024.

 

[Jerry]

Alicante is 3 weekly Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
Malaga is 2 weekly Wednesdays and Saturdays

 

[Jerry]

I know it's probably a long shot but i wonder if it might be possible we'll see Vueling return back too 4 routes next summer. Alicante, Barcelona, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca?

 

[geoff]

It would be a good boost for CWL, there is no route to BCN at present and Palma is not served by any low cost flight only airline, if Vueling is not interested, perhaps Ryanair could be persuaded to reintroduce the routes.

 

[CraigW92]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see BCN back with VY, the route looked to have been building nicely until they butchered the timings and along with a poor summer of delays saw the end of that, I’d have thought PMI was a certainty with VY or FR, routes that provide inbound tourism rather than just bucket and spade destinations would be a big boost I think going forward

 

[Jerry]

Keeping the fingers crossed for both too return, especially as it seems odd that there's no LCC PMI. It would also be good too see Vueling grow again instead of the reductions we've had lately.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

Some cuts over winter.
Malaga
Dec - down to 1x weekly (saturday)
Jan - no flights
Feb & Mar - back to 2x weekly
Alicante
Jan - down to 2x weekly

 

[geoff]

Disappointing news, CWL's winter services could really do with a boost, perhaps Qatar reactivation of the Doha service will help.

 

[CWL94]

They do this every winter, not really a surprise although there was a few flights to AGP this January compared to none next

 

[Jerry]

Disappointing news

 

[Jerry]

Apparently Vueling will release Summer 2024 from Cardiff in about 2 weeks time. Fingers crossed we'll see PMI return!

 

[Jerry]

Apparently Vueling will release Summer 2024 from Cardiff in about 2 weeks time. Fingers crossed we'll see PMI return!

Just too add to this, the return of a low cost carrier on PMI is CWLs no 1 priority, the loss of 4 weekly flights this year has resulted in the loss of over 18,000 passengers so far this year on this route. That's a decent chunk of lost revenue for the airport. So hopefully we'll see either Vueling, Ryanair or a new carrier take this route on for Summer 2024.

 

[CWL94]

VY have put ALC on sale up until October 2024. Unfortunately it remains at 3x weekly. Was hoping for an increase but not to be.

 

[geoff]

Another disappointment for CWL, everywhere seems to be expanding except at CWL.

 

[Em0866]

Hold your horses there. It could be that they haven't uploaded anything else yet...stay patient before you draw any more conclusions.

 

[Jerry]

It would be really disappointing if Alicante remained 3 weekly, hopefully it's just the beginning of Vuelings schedule upload.

 

[MrFenner]

Not sure we’re even going to see AGP return at this rate. I know it’s still early days and lots can change, but them leaving it out of S24 release 1 isn’t looking good…

Only positive is FR have increased to 3 x weekly

It would be a very sad sight if we see VY down to just 1 route given in their heyday they had 4 routes and a daily presence at CWL!

 

[Jerry]

Not sure we’re even going to see AGP return at this rate. I know it’s still early days and lots can change, but them leaving it out of S24 release 1 isn’t looking good…

Only positive is FR have increased to 3 x weekly

It would be a very sad sight if we see VY down to just 1 route given in their heyday they had 4 routes and a daily presence at CWL!

It is a concern and tbh considering that Alicante is only 3 weekly if they go down to one route how long till they just pull that. It does seem like everything is being left to the last minute.

 

[CWL94]

Not sure we’re even going to see AGP return at this rate. I know it’s still early days and lots can change, but them leaving it out of S24 release 1 isn’t looking good…

Only positive is FR have increased to 3 x weekly

It would be a very sad sight if we see VY down to just 1 route given in their heyday they had 4 routes and a daily presence at CWL!

Worth noting last year AGP didn’t go on sale until 9th November, so a little bit of time yet