Cardiff
Airport
Cardiff
International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol
Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is the main airport
for Wales serving around 2 million people in the capital,
Cardiff, as well as South Wales and West Wales.
It
is located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan,
approximately 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Cardiff,
the country's largest city and capital.
As
the only airport in Wales offering international scheduled
flights (the other offering scheduled flights being
Anglesey Airport), Cardiff Airport is owned by TBI plc
and served by scheduled, low-fare, business and charter
carriers, and also supports corporate and general aviation.
The majority of flights are to Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands
and UK destinations with the most popular being Alicante,
Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Palma de Mallorca according to
airport. Also many transatlantic services to the USA
and Canada also operate regularly, with many charters
to South America and Caribbean.
The
airport is a hub for Bmibaby, which is the largest scheduled
airline at the airport, with Aer Arann, Flybe, Thomsonfly
and Thomas Cook Airlines all having a large presence
with Cardiff as a focus city, although Flybe have recently
expressed their intentions to become the largest airline
at the airport by 2011 focussing on the business and
short leisure break sectors.
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