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Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:56:57 GMT

Living about as far west as you can go without getting your feet wet, cardiff is my preferred choice of airport, but when ever i look at the holiday sites(thomson ski,first choice today) there seems to be no flights going from cardiff!
Is this normal?? do they put the flights on as the season progresses?
I dont mind too much flying from bristol but bristol isnt showing oberau/neiderau.
I usually fly from cardiff with a late deal.

Cheers

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:54:41 GMT

It looks like they've cut all the flights from Cardiff this year. Must be a recession thing.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:57:24 GMT

They probably got fed up with signing Contracts for services at Cardiff, then having no-one book and pay until the last minute )

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:43:09 GMT

Hi Moogy,
I probably live slightly further west than you do, as I can get my feet wet with a one mile walk to the beach. And I have similar problems with getting to the ski slopes.

In the past we have taken the train to Reading and gone on to Gatwick or driven to Bristol airport (150 miles and 3 hours). These days we usually take the train to London, stay with family, and then get the Eurostar direct in the morning to the Three Valleys etc.

But we've never flown out of Cardiff because there never seemed to be a flight when I wanted it going in the right direction.

Anyway, I had a look at the Bristol airport website, and there seem to be EasyJet flights to Innsbruck. I don't know how you get from Innsbruck to Niederau without a TO, but I'm sure Dave Mac does!

Ally

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:51:53 GMT

I'm alsmot dipping my feet in the cold waters of Cardigan Bay too, and Cardiff has always been a problem. It's Bristol for us - Easyjet to Innsbruck, and then train to Seefeld. Can't wait!!

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:10:31 GMT

Ahh cheers guys...last year we flew on a saturday at 7;30am from cardiff. perfect for the slopes...
looking at bristol now, just waiting for some more deals :)

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:13:26 GMT

Jump on a sheep ;)

sorry 8)

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:03:01 GMT

Iceman wrote:Jump on a sheep ;)

sorry 8)

Do they fly further than dwarves then? yawn!

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:23:55 GMT

Cardiff airport seems to be on a bit of a downer. Bristol airport seems to be the airport of choice for the TOs. Sometimes the surcharge for Bristol over Gatwick makes me tamp.

Dobby (in Cardiff)

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:43:01 GMT

Oh yeah, south Wales. Do you have a little light on your head?

I am going to stop in case there is a sense of humour failure.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:10:33 GMT

Iceman, I come from Nottingham, and having been brought up in a family of miners, I have a little light on my head. It helped when I emigrated to Cardiff, mind.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:12:46 GMT

My good lady wife is from South Wales....she has a light & a Budgie

Anyway, back to Cardiff/Bristol Airport 8)

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:25:18 GMT

Cardiff Airport's website doesn't show direct flights to many snowy places. Zurich and Milan have direct flights. Not found anything from Cardiff through the TO's yet.

Iceman, I too have a Welsh OH. She "homed". It's a South Wales thing, I think. Glad she did - Cardiff is a great city.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:28:47 GMT

dobby wrote:Iceman, I too have a Welsh OH. She "homed". It's a South Wales thing, I think. Glad she did - Cardiff is a great city.

Great marina....

Rubbish airport ;)
(we live in Manchester with a good airport)

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:06:12 GMT

Cardiff airport is indeed on a bit of downward incline at the mo :o((

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:05:39 GMT

Cardiff has been axed from the tour ops programme this season. There is a reason for this, work it out for yourselves. Something to do with demand and cost.
Bristol is your nearest, GBP35 supp over Gatwick but worth it compared to driving to the UKs worst airport.

I heard a story last year about a flight that took off from cardiff in bad weather, spent so many hours in the air before being sent back to the UK as no airports could take it, with the passengers spending something like 2 days on board. Hideous.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:42:44 GMT

I am sooooo lucky. I live about 10 mins from East Midlands and 40 mins from Birmingham.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:50:01 GMT

Snapzzz wrote:I am sooooo lucky. I live about 10 mins from East Midlands and 40 mins from Birmingham.

Got to be some benefit from living in that part of the world.
:mrgreen:

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:53:19 GMT

If you don't mind, East Mids and BHX are 2 of the best UK airports to fly in and out of.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:46:26 GMT

Tony_H wrote:If you don't mind, East Mids and BHX are 2 of the best UK airports to fly in and out of.

According to the brummies that is :wink: :roll:

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:42:21 GMT

Iceman wrote:

Tony_H wrote:If you don't mind, East Mids and BHX are 2 of the best UK airports to fly in and out of.

According to the brummies that is :wink: :roll:

Probably, although I'm not a Brummie. If you want quiet check ins, no fighting to get on board, nice chilled out bars and eateries, and 30 mins from landing to getting in your car, then they're good airports.
If you like to queue to get to the departures terminal, queue to check in, sit with a bunch of chavs in MacDonalds, walk half an hour to find your gate, and take over an hour from landing to get through passport control, choose Gatwick.

Re:Flying from cardiff ?

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:14:30 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Tony_H wrote:If you don't mind, East Mids and BHX are 2 of the best UK airports to fly in and out of.

According to the brummies that is :wink: :roll:

Probably, although I'm not a Brummie. If you want quiet check ins, no fighting to get on board, nice chilled out bars and eateries, and 30 mins from landing to getting in your car, then they're good airports.
If you like to queue to get to the departures terminal, queue to check in, sit with a bunch of chavs in MacDonalds, walk half an hour to find your gate, and take over an hour from landing to get through passport control, choose Gatwick.

or Liverpool :D