I cant understand why you were dropped off near the roundabout. There was a couple of weeks whereby the bus lane right outside the terminal was closed off. Bus access was on the road, which on the map is between the purple priority area and the short stay. A short walk, parrallel with the terminal. The bus lane has now re-opened whilst work continues, but will be relocated to the next lane (the old car drop-off lane) when building work is complete
The reason for the changes is no vehicles are permitted within a certain distance of the terminal, these are CAA and Government laws. Cardiff is following suit with many other airports in charging for priority drop-off etc, something many other UK airports have been doing for a long time. Once the building work is completed, the walk from the short stay to the terminal is no more than 50m. Unfortunately the car park is on a slightly lower land level and ramp access means walking a bit further rather than steps. not sure if this is going to be addressed, hope so!

Hey guys, flying out of Cardiff to Corfu on 13th August, last time I went to Cardiff airport was in 2005, has it changed much? Last few holidays been flying out of Brizzle, how does it compare to Bristol airport? Much easier getting to Rhoose aswell from Whitchurch

I dont find its changed that much apart from no smoking. I still love to fly from Cardiff.

Not too sure what you mean by how does Cardiff compare to Bristol......

In terms of traffic Cardiff is no where near Bristol which has millions more passing through its terminal on a yearly basis and Bristol has a vast amount of destinations compared to Cardiff.......so the terminal at Cardiff should be less congested however whether security has adequate lanes open at possible busy times at Cardiff I cannot comment.

Nivsy

Hi. We shall be flying into Cardiff from Turkey. We were wondering if it is possible to buy duty free when we have landed or if it is possible to order duty free on way out to collect on return.

Hi ninelives. I'm afraid you won't be able to buy duty free once you've landed in Cardiff but you may be able to pre-order your duty free for the return flight depending on the airline.

Hi Shirley. Thanks for your reply. I know some airports offer this facility and could not remember if Cardiff did, we have not flown from there for a while.

Cardiff gets new charter flights

Newmarket Holidays will offer flights to three new destinations direct from Cardiff Airport in summer 2011.

The tour operator will operate three direct charter flights to Naples, Verona and Dubrovnik.

"The Italian and Croatian packages have proved extremely successful in other regions and we're delighted to be able to offer these options to South Wales travellers," said Alison Keeble, regional charter director.

Cardiff Airport managing director Patrick Duffy added: "We hope the packages will prove successful so that we can demonstrate that there is demand for new and exciting routes from Cardiff, which will help us convince this operator and others to enhance their programmes and offer even more routes to new destinations in future."

With permission from Travelmole

three direct charter flights

- just looked at their site and that appears to be exact - 3 flights rather than 3 regular routes!!! Verona only seems to be 3rd July - pity, it was getting interesting.

New Swiss flights from Cardiff

Swiss airline Helvetic Airways will be launching a new route from Cardiff to Zurich in March.

The service will fly direct from Cardiff to Zurich four days a week, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays.

The route will use the 100 seat Fokker aircraft and it will be the first time during the airport's history that it has operated a direct route to Zurich.

Patrick Duffy, managing director of Cardiff Airport, said:

"Research conducted by the airport demonstrated that Zurich is one of the most sought after business destinations from Wales, and therefore after months of hard work we're delighted Helvetic Airways has decided to offer this route to south Wales travellers.

Helvetic Airways will offer flights from £99 one way, including all taxes and charges for a limited period.

Customers will be able to book flights to Zurich from Cardiff from 03 November 2010 in Swiss Francs, and in GBP from 15 November 2010.

With permission from Travelmole

New charges for parking etc.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2011/01/24/flyers-face-hike-in-fees-at-cardiff-airport-91466-28046072/

The logic behind the prices for pe-booked parking is a bit iffy....

Those new charges for parking - £81.50 a week are ridiculous. That would mean £163 to park the car for a fortnight's holiday. I've booked a hotel for the night and 2 weeks parking for under £100 (for the summer) so I would imagine more people would do that.

true, but did you notice it's much cheaper if you just turn up and pay on the day? Where's the logic in that?

Ridiculous prices. It's cheaper to book a hotel for the night before and leave your car there.

Stupid prices, they'll just lose business. It will be cheaper for people living in South Wales, the airports main customer base, to use taxis to get to and from the airport.

bmibaby is to pull out of Cardiff at the end of this summer:
http://www.holidaytruths.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2256&p=1524616#p1524616

David

I'm shocked and have replied here

I'm not shocked.

Cardiff Bus virtually pulled out a while back. If they don't think the airport is worth serving it gives a clue to how much it's worth to the airlines.

By my reckoning the only scheduled international flights will be Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin. Plus Belfast, Newcastle, various Scottish and of course the Ieuan Air service to Anglesey.

Bummer is all I can think of to say, although I suppose we shouldn't be surprised with the current economic climate. Before long, I think we'll be back to the days when only the rich will be able to afford foreign travel