Cardiff Airport has announced plans for a busy summer 2022 season, commencing Sunday, March 27.
The summer schedule, which runs until the end of October, will see more than 25 routes to popular business and leisure destinations as the airport continues to rebuild its connectivity post-pandemic.
The airport is expected to register increased passenger figures and recovery when budget airline Wizz Air UK launches its base operation on April 8 to nine holiday destinations in Cyprus, Greece, Portugal and Spain. The newly introduced carrier will add to the existing leisure route network offered by TUI, which will fly to over 20 destinations across traditional Mediterranean hotspots as well as to the Canary Islands, Croatia, Tunisia and Turkey.
The airport will enhance global connectivity from May 24 when KLM increases flights to its Amsterdam hub from Cardiff, enabling passengers to connect easily to distant adventures in places such as Las Vegas, New York, Toronto, Bangkok, Dubai and Aruba as well as city break and business destinations across Europe like Athens, Budapest, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Geneva, Madrid, Prague, Rome and Venice. For anyone looking for a city break closer to home, Loganair offers a six times weekly service to Edinburgh.
Two other low-cost airlines Ryanair and Vueling are offering flights to six European destinations this summer. Vueling’s Paris Orly service offers a quick link, and with its three times weekly operation is ideal for a short break or a visit to Disneyland Paris. The low-cost airline, part of the same group that owns British Airways, also offers routes to Malaga, Alicante and Palma de Mallorca from the airport. Meanwhile, Ryanair will be continuing its four times weekly operation to Dublin into the summer season. In addition, the Irish low-cost airline offers twice-weekly flights to Faro and Malaga from Cardiff.
‘The airport and its partner organisations have been busy hiring staff again in readiness for our busiest summer for three years,’ said Spencer Birns, CEO at Cardiff Airport. ‘There is a huge pent-up demand for air travel which has built up over the past two years during the pandemic and we’re very pleased to be able to help people living in Wales take their much-needed overseas trips.’
