Air Wales ATR42 at Cardiff Airport, Wales

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

Air Wales was an airline based in Cardiff, Wales. It operated scheduled regional services throughout the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and France. On 23 April 2006, Air Wales ceased all operations. IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an airport located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, approximately south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales. ... In the airline industry, a focus city is a location that is not a hub, but from which the airline has flights to at least several destinations other than its hubs. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in the Republic of Ireland. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the... Categories: Stub | International airliners 1980-1989 ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Roy Thomas is the name of: Roy Thomas (b. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... ATR 42 of Air Wales (G-SSEA) taking off from Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Cardiff, Wales. ... ATR 42 of Air Wales (G-SSEA) taking off from Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Cardiff, Wales. ... Air Wales ATR 42 at Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Cardiff, Wales. ... Air Wales ATR 42 at Cardiff (Rhoose) Airport, Cardiff, Wales. ... Categories: Stub | International airliners 1980-1989 ... The flag of Wales is The Red Dragon (Welsh: Y Ddraig Goch). ... An Airbus A380 of Emirates Airline An airline provides air transport services for passengers or freight. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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 aeroplanes, Air Wales expanded to employ over 120 personnel, including 45 flight deck staff, 20 engineers and 20 cabin crew. It revived the name of an airline from the 1970s which was eventually integrated into Air UK. For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Roy Thomas is the name of: Roy Thomas (b. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Pembrey Airport is located in Pembrey Carmarthenshire, in Wales. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Air UK was a wholly privately owned, Independent regional British airline formed in 1980 as a result of a merger involving four rival UK-based regional airlines. ...

During 2004 Air Wales gave up all routes out of Swansea due to lack of interest and concentrated on routes out of Cardiff International Airport. During February 2006 Air Wales gave up all routes from Plymouth to focus on more popular routes and international routes. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Cardiff International Airport (Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd) (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an airport located in the village of Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, approximately south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff, serving all of South and Mid Wales. ... Media:Example. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the...

On 23 April 2006 the airline ceased all scheduled services and will supposedly focus on charter and freight operations. However this is thought to be smokescreen as many staff have discovered that all the aircraft will be returned to their lessors, indicating that the airline will stop flying entirely. It is thought the airline entered into 11th hour talks with rival carriers to push through a merger to save the business, but the talks failed and a day later the airline announced its demise. Immediately two of the rival carriers AW had been talking to announced that they would serve all of the AW routes from Cardiff from the day after AW stopped flying. Later Newquay flights were taken over. Whether services from Exeter will resume is unknown. is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Services

Air Wales operated the following services (at February 2006), which had all ceased by the end of April 2006: Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Marcos Pontes, Brazils first astronaut, reaches the International Space Station. ...

Cardiff

• Brussels, Aberdeen, ParisCDG (on behalf of bmibaby), Belfast City, Cork, Dublin, Jersey, Newcastle. Plans had been announced for services to Paris-Beauvais and Rennes but flights did not commence.

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Cork

• Cardiff, Exeter

Exeter

• Cork

Fleet

Air Wales originally operated Dornier 228 aircraft. These were replaced by a fleet of ATR-42-300 aircraft:^[1] The Dornier Do 228 is a small German twin turboprop STOL-utility aircraft, manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 till 1998. ... Categories: Stub | International airliners 1980-1989 ...

• G-WLSH (meaning Welsh) (exported to Germany Aug 2006)
• G-KNNY (named after a friend of the chairman) (exported to Venezuela Sep 2006)
• G-TAWE (River Tawe) (exported to Venezuela Aug 2006)
• G-SSEA (meaning Swansea) was still in fleet, November 2006^[2]
• G-CDFF (meaning Cardiff) was still in fleet, November 2006^[3]

In March 2006, Air Wales fleet average age was 13.4 years. March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...

References

1. ^ UK CAA Aircraft Register
2. ^ UK CAA Aircraft Register
3. ^ UK CAA Aircraft Register

External links

• Official site
• Fleet Age
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