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Air Wales was an airline based at Cardiff International Airport in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan.[1] It operated scheduled regional services within the United Kingdom, as well as to Ireland, Belgium and France. On 23 April 2006, Air Wales ceased all operations, citing "spiralling costs" and "aggressive competition" from larger low-cost airlines.[1]

This article needs to be updated. (March 2016)

Air Wales

IATA ICAO Callsign 6G AWW RED DRAGON
Founded	January 1997
Commenced operations	January 2000
Ceased operations	April 2006
Operating bases	Cardiff
Focus cities	Cork Plymouth Swansea
Fleet size	5
Destinations	13
Parent company	Air Wales Limited
Headquarters	Cardiff International Airport, Rhoose, Wales
Key people	Roy Thomas (Chairman)
Website	airwales.co.uk

History

Air Wales was established in January 1997 with the assistance of property financier Roy Thomas and started operations in January 2000. Initially based at Pembrey Airport in west Wales and operating two Dornier 228 aircraft, Air Wales expanded to employ over 120 personnel, including 45 flight deck staff, 20 engineers and 20 cabin crew.

Operations transferred to Red Dragon House at the grounds of Swansea Airport, Fairwood Common, in October 2001.[2][3] Passenger numbers failed to reach the company's break-even levels and, after three years, Air Wales gave up all its Swansea routes. The airline decided to concentrate on routes out of Cardiff, moving operations to a new headquarters at Cardiff International Airport in October 2004.[3]

In December 2005, bmibaby and Air Wales had a fallout leaving bmibaby to cancel a partnership between the two airlines. The partnership covered the routes Belfast and Glasgow which were operated by Air Wales.[4]

During February 2006, Air Wales gave up all routes from Plymouth Airport to focus on more popular routes and international routes.[5]

On 23 April 2006, the airline ceased all scheduled services with a loss of 80 jobs to focus on charter and cargo operations, however these operations never materialised and the aircraft were all sold to other airlines.[6]

Services

Air Wales operated the following services (in February 2006), which had all ceased by the end of April 2006:

Cardiff

• Brussels, Aberdeen, Paris-CDG (on behalf of bmibaby), Belfast-City, Cork, Dublin, Jersey, Newcastle, Liverpool, London-City, Swansea, Plymouth

Cork

• Cardiff, Exeter

Exeter

• Cork

Swansea

• Cork, Dublin, London-City, Amsterdam, Jersey, Cardiff

Terminated destinations

Air Wales served 20 destinations across Europe.

Partnership with bmibaby

Air Wales had a partnership with bmibaby to operate on the following routes:

• Paris, France
• Cork, Ireland
• Belfast, Northern Ireland [suspended in March 2006]
• Jersey
• Glasgow, Scotland [suspended in March 2006]

Fleet

Air Wales originally operated Dornier 228 aircraft. These were replaced by a fleet of ATR-42-300 aircraft:[7]

Air Wales Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Routes
ATR-42-300	5	Short haul

In March 2006, Air Wales fleet average age was 13.4 years.

See also

• List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom

References

External links

• Air Wales (Archive)
• Air Wales Photos

На других языках

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[de] Air Wales

Air Wales war eine britische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz im walisischen Rhoose.

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- [en] Air Wales

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[es] Air Wales

Air Wales era una aerolínea con base en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Cardiff en Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan. Operaba servicios regionales programados dentro de Gran Bretaña, así como a Irlanda, Bélgica y Francia.  El 23 de abril de 2006, Air Wales cesó todas sus operaciones, alegando "costos en espiral" y "competencia agresiva" de las aerolíneas de bajo costo más grandes.

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[fr] Air Wales

Air Wales (en gallois Awyr Cymru) (Code AITA : 6G ; code OACI : AWW) était une compagnie aérienne galloise, à bas coûts qui reliait Cardiff à Aberdeen ou à Plymouth. Elle a cessé tous ses vols le 23 avril 2006.

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