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Cardiff Aviation to Set Up Air Djibouti and Provide MRO at St Athan
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Cardiff Aviation and Air Djibouti the Vale of Glamorgan based company will set up an airline in the African country. The airline...
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Bruce Dickinsons VVB Aviation to launch ACMI Airline in a Box
Cardiff Aviations Bruce Dickinson is close to starting an (Aircraft Crew Maintenance and Insurance) ACMI operation based out of the UK with his other venture, VVB Aviation. The airline which is...
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Maiden Flight for Book of Souls
Iron Maiden is flying a bunch of lucky fans out to Paris Beauvais (LFOB/BVA) today from Cardiff Airport (EGFF/CWL) on-board a chartered Boeing 737-400 (9H-VVB). The Flight, Maiden 666 which departs at...
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Cardiff Aviation to Create a New Fleet of Planes in South Wales
Cardiff Aviation Chairman Bruce Dickinson has today announced he is going to put together a fleet of aeroplanes based in South Wales which will be leased to other airlines. The move which could create...
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Dragonfly Charter to Start Rotary Operations
Cardiff Airport based Dragonfly Executive Air Charter is to begin rotary charter operations after taking over the management of a Bell 206 on behalf of a client. Dragonfly, who currently operate a...
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BA Confirms 787 Maintenance at Cardiff as New Aerospace Centre Opens
British Airways (BA) Chairman Keith Williams today confirmed BA’s commitement to Wales by opening a new £3.3m Aerospace Centre in Treforest. During the ceremony he also confirmed that maintenance for...
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New boss at GE Aviation Wales
La-Chun Lindsay has been appointed as Managing Director of GE Aviation Wales following the departure of Mike Patton. Lindsay had previously run the assembly, test and overhaul division at GE Aviation’s...
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Solo Red Arrow visits Cardiff Airport to give RAES talk
A Solo Red Arrows BAe Hawk visited Cardiff Airport today where it met up with the bosses of local aircraft company AMSS and their collection of Ferrari’s ahead of a talk in Cardiff this evening. Flt Lt...
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Fire Damaged British Airways 777 comes home
The fire damaged British Airways 777 is coming home to Cardiff Airport this morning after leaving Victorville in the US late last night (local time). BA2276 Fire (Image Credit Jacob Steinberg)...
View ArticleAirbus improves wing assembly at Broughton
Airbus has improved the wing assembly procedure for the Airbus A350XWB at its Broughton plant in North Wales. When Airbus designed the wing for the A350 it was designed to be built horizontally as...
View ArticleIndonesian Airbus deal boost to North Wales jobs
Airbus and Rolls Royce have signed a deal with South East Asia airline Garuda Indonesia worth £4bn. The deal to upgrade Garuda’s fleet of Airbus A330 to A330NEO aircraft is estimated to be worth around...
View ArticleAirbus update shows challenging year
Airbus has said that it faces a “challenging year” when it released its 1st Quarter update. The airframer which employs over 6000 people in Wales had anticipated the challenging start to 2016 however...
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British Airways completes first dreamliner check at Cardiff
British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) has successfully completed the first “B” check of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The long haul maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport maintains British Airway’s...
View ArticleGE Aviation Wales tops list of 100 Welsh manafacturers
GE Aviation Wales has once again topped the list of the top 100 Welsh manufacturers. Caerphilly based GE Aviation Wales’ turnover of £1.9bn almost doubled that of its nearest competitor Calasonic...
View ArticleBA to cut 66 jobs at Cardiff
British Airways (BA/BAW) is to cut 66 jobs at its engineering facility at Cardiff Airport. The facility, known as British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) was opened in 1993 and employs over 700...
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1st Norwegian Dreamliner for British Airways Maintenance Cardiff
Saturday 22nd October saw the first Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrive at British Airways Maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport (BAMC). The aircraft touched down early this afternoon...
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2 wings instead of 1 – Airbus Beluga XL construction begins
Airbus has begun construction this week of the brand new Beluga XL large transport aircraft at the air-framers Toulouse headquarters. The XL is will transport British made wings from the Broughton...
View ArticleMOD Sealand chosen as global F-35 repair hub
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced that MOD Sealand in Flintshire has been chosen as the global repair hub for European F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The F-35 Program Office has chosen the North...
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Airbus NEO order is first of 2017
Aerial view of Stage 3 Flowline of single aisle in Broughton. (Image: Airbus) Airbus has received its first airliner order of 2017 and it’s from US-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group. The...
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3rd A350-1000 about to come online
The 3rd A350-100 aircraft is about to join the test fleet at Airbus. The aircraft , whose wings are made at Broughton in North Wales is the final aircraft to operate that will share the load...
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