Ryanair is increasing its presence at Cardiff Airport with a new route to Belfast. For the 2023 summer season, which starts in April, it will operate two flights a week between the Welsh Government-owned airport and Belfast International Airport.
The flights will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Emerald Airlines currently operates a five days a week service to Northern Ireland’s other airport, Belfast City Airport, from Cardiff under a franchise deal with Aer Lingus.
That has a capacity of 72 seats with Emerald Airlines increasing frequency on the route to daily from next spring. Ryanair will operate planes with nearly 190 seats on its route. For the summer season both airlines will provide nine Cardiff to Belfast flights a week with a capacity of around 1,700 seats.
