Ryanair has announced an expansion at Cardiff Airport for its coming winter season. The airline said that following its summer season it will for the winter season – commencing October 30 – maintain its flights to the Portuguese destination of Faro with two weekly services on Wednesdays and Sundays.
The airline has also confirmed that its route from the Welsh Government-owned airport to Dublin will also continue through the winter with four services weekly. The Dublin route service was launched last year. However Ryanair is not extending its summer route to Malaga into the winter. Since launching routes from Cardiff in 1990 the airport has handled one million Ryanair passengers.
While Hungarian-owned airline Wizz Air is mothballing its Cardiff base for the winter season it will operate two services for the winter season from the Rhoose-based airport to the Romanian capital of Bucharest and Milan (Malpensa). Wizz said it is committed to relaunching its base from Cardiff, with dedicated staff and cabin crew serving an aircraft, from next spring for what will be its second summer season.
