British Airways announces multimillion-pound investment in Cardiff base
The base can currently only serve Boeing 777 and 787 aircraft.
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BA chief technical officer Andy Best said: “Our Welsh engineering base is an integral part of our maintenance operation, and this investment, as part of our wider maintenance strategy, will ensure that British Airways Engineering Wales continues to play a key role for many years to come.
“The expanded facility provides us with greater flexibility and control over our heavy maintenance activity on both the Boeing and Airbus long-haul fleets, ensuring more efficient planning and execution.”
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Excellent news, if only BA operated passengers services from CWL?
Most airlines operate a ‘hub and spoke’ model, making it easier for passengers to make connecting flights at the hub airport. For BA there hubs are Heathrow and Gatwick, so unless South Wales to London flights were to become commercially viable then it won’t be in BA’s interest to operate passenger flights out of CWL. It would be far better to attract European airlines that match their corresponding hub (ie Paris – Air France, Amsterdam – KLM, Frankfurt – Lufthansa etc etc), or establish a new airline at CWL that forms code-share agreements with European airlines. (BA won’t do this… Read more »
KLM has been a solid supporter of CWL for many years. More national carriers like them from right across Europe is exactly what’s needed.
Air France have tried a Cardiff route before from Orly operated under license by Logan Air.
Plus Swiss Air have previously operated from Cardiff to Zurich.
As is the usual case many services from Cardiff get withdrawn.
Qatar Airways have returned to all other UK airports except Cardiff.
You can’t go on blaming APD and Bristol Airport for everything.
Who wants Orly? It should’ve been a feeder into Air France long haul services from CDG.
.,.. might be worth adding that Cardiff Wales Airport is not actually in either the city nor county of Cardiff, but in the Vale of Glamorgan + that the majority (if not all) of the employees are not based in “the Welsh capital”.
BA scheduled flights would also be very welcome😎🏴👍
It’s in the Cardiff Capital Region, as is half the Welsh population.