thomsonfly annouce 5 new routes from cardiff airport
22.04.05
Thomsonfly - formerly Britannia Airways - announced 5 new routes from Cardiff airport yesterday, adding 1 million passengers to the airport this year. The news was announced as a significant drop in passenger numbers at the airport was revealed (see this cardiff airport news story).
Thomsonfly siad today that it will offer flights from Cardiff airport to Mexican resort Cancun and to the Dominican Republic and to Tunisia, Bulgaria and Crete. It will also increase its flights to Orlando from two to three flights a week, to increase the frequency of its flights to Malaga and Alicante, Palma and Tenerife, and to base more of its aircraft at the airport.
Cardiff International Airport managing director Jon Horne said that the routes had been secured 'against stiff competition from other UK regional airports'. Niether of the two new long-haul routes is currently offered at Bristol Airport - Cardiff airport's main rival.
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