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Air Wales - Wikipedia

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Air Wales

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
6G	AWW	RED DRAGON

Founded

January 1997

Commenced operations

January 2000

Ceased operations

April 23, 2006

Operating bases

Cardiff

Focus cities

Fleet size

5 (At closure)

Destinations

Parent company

Air Wales Limited

Headquarters

Cardiff Airport, Rhoose, Wales

Key people

Roy Thomas (Chairman)

Website

airwales.co.uk

Air Wales ATR42 parked at Cardiff International Airport, Wales (2004).

The tailfin of an Air Wales ATR 42 aircraft displaying a Welsh Dragon (2004).

Air Wales (Welsh: Awyr Cymru) was a Welsh 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]

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 materialized and the aircraft were all sold to other airlines.^[6]

Destinations

Air Wales served 20 destinations across Europe. ^[7]

Country	City	Airport	Notes
Belgium	Brussels	Brussels Airport
France	Paris	Charles de Gaulle Airport
	Rennes	Rennes–Saint-Jacques Airport
	Tillé	Beauvais–Tillé Airport
Jersey	Saint Brelade	Jersey Airport
Ireland	Cork	Cork Airport
	Dublin	Dublin Airport
	Waterford	Waterford Airport
United Kingdom	Aberdeen	Aberdeen Airport
	Belfast	Belfast International Airport
	Belfast	George Best Belfast City Airport
	Cardiff	Cardiff Airport	Hub
	Exeter	Exeter Airport
	Glasgow	Glasgow Prestwick Airport
	Manchester	Manchester Airport
	Newcastle upon Tyne	Newcastle International Airport
	Newquay	Newquay Airport
	Plymouth	Plymouth City Airport

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

An Air Wales ATR 42 departing Cardiff International Airport, Wales. (2004)

Air Wales originally operated Dornier 228 aircraft. These were replaced by a fleet of ATR-42-300 aircraft:^[8]

**Air Wales Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Routes
ATR-42-300	5	Short haul

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

References

^ ^a ^b "BBC news:Wales:Airline to end scheduled flights". BBC News website. BBC. 23 March 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^ "World Airlines Directory." Flight International. 16–22 March 2004. 78.
^ ^a ^b "BBC news:Wales:South West Wales:Air Wales pulls out of Swansea". BBC News website. BBC. 19 July 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
^ Air Wales and bmibaby fallout^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Air Wales gives up Plymouth route". Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
^ "Air Wales to cease operations on 23 April 2006" BBC News
^ "Air Wales route map". Airline Route Maps. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ UK CAA Aircraft Register^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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