Awyr Cymru - Air Wales
Headquarters | Cardiff, United Kingdom |
IATA code | AK |
ICAO code | CYM |
Call sign | WELSHAIR |
Hubs | Cardiff Airport, Cardiff (main) London Southend Airport, London |
Awyr Cymru - Air Wales is a British airline based in Cardiff, Wales, and is the informal flag carrier of Wales.
History
Awyr Cymru - Air Wales was established in 1984.
Awyr Cymru - Air Wales in British Columbia
Air Wales took delivery of six BC-made De Havilland North America (DHNA) Kehloke airliners in 1988–1989; an option was held on four more, but after the Boeing takeover of DHNA and the discontinuation of Kehloke production, the options were converted to four Boeing 737-700s. Air Wales retired its Kehlokes in 2009 and sold them to Albanian Airlines.
Air Wales took delivery of its first long-range airliners, a pair of Boeing 767-200ER aircraft, in 1990, and as its first overseas service inaugurated a weekly flight between Cardiff and Blaenau, British Columbia in May of that year. Two more 767s were received in 1992, and in 1993 a twice-weekly Cardiff–Vancouver service was launched. Service frequency to Blaenau was increased to twice weekly in 1994, and in 1997 a winter-only service was inaugurated between Blaenau and Gatwick Airport in London.
Fleet
Current
- Airbus A220-200 (2020 to date), replacing Boeing 717
- Airbus A318 (2006 to date)
- Boeing 717-200 (2003 to date), to be replaced by A220
- Avro RJ85 (1999 to date)
- Avro RJ100 (2001 to date)
- Boeing 767-200ER (1990 to date)
- Boeing 767-300ER (2000 to date)
Historic
- BAC 111 (1984–2003)
- Boeing 737-200Adv (1985–1992)
- Boeing 737-300 (1986–2004)
- Boeing 737-700 (1988–2018)
- DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 (1986–2009)
BC-made aircraft
Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.
Type | Registration | C/n | Blt | Acquisition | Disposal |
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DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 | G-CYKA | C2010 | 1988 | 1988, delivered new | 2002, sold to Albanian Airlines (Albania) |
DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 | G-CYKB | C2011 | 1988 | 1988, delivered new | 2002, sold to Albanian Airlines (Albania) |
DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 | G-CYKC | C2049 | 1989 | 1989, delivered new | 2002, sold to Albanian Airlines (Albania) |
DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 | G-CYKD | C2050 | 1989 | 1989, delivered new | 2002, sold to Albanian Airlines (Albania) |
DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 | G-CYKE | C2082 | 1991 | 1991, delivered new | 2002, sold to Albanian Airlines (Albania) |
DHBC-9A Kehloke 1 | G-CYKF | C2083 | 1991 | 1991, delivered new | 2002, sold to Albanian Airlines (Albania) |
Routes
Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within the UK.
Airport | Service area | Destination | Notes |
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Aberdeen, United Kingdom (ABZ) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, Switzerland/France (EAP) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Belfast City, United Kingdom (BHD) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Birmingham, United Kingdom (BHX) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Exeter (EXT) | |||
Blaenau, British Columbia (XBL) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Gatwick (LGW) | Seasonal | ||
Bristol, United Kingdom (BRS) | Domestic | London Southend (SEN) | |
Budapest, Hungary (BUD) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Buenos Aires (Pistarini), Argentina (EZE) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Cardiff, United Kingdom (CWL) | Domestic | Aberdeen (ABZ) | |
Belfast City (BHD) | |||
Birmingham (BHX) | |||
Dundee (DND) | |||
East Midlands (EMA) | |||
Edinburgh (EDI) | |||
Forest, Guernsey (GCI) | Seasonal | ||
Gibraltar (GIB) | |||
Glasgow (GLA) | |||
Inverness (INV) | |||
London Gatwick (LGW) | |||
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Londonderry (LDY) | |||
Malew, Isle of Man (IOM) | |||
St Peter, Jersey (JER) | Seasonal | ||
Socotra (SCT) | Seasonal | ||
International | Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (EAP) | ||
Blaenau (XBL) | |||
Budapest (BUD) | |||
Buenos Aires–Pistarini (EZE) | |||
Düsseldorf (DUS) | |||
Faro (FAO) | Seasonal | ||
Geneva (GVA) | |||
Girona (GRO) | Seasonal | ||
Halifax (YHZ) | Seasonal | ||
Hannover (HAJ) | |||
Indianapolis (IND) | Seasonal | ||
Kassa (KSC) | Seasonal | ||
Las Palmas (LPA) | Seasonal | ||
Los Angeles (LAX) | Seasonal | ||
Marosvásárhely (QMH) | |||
Milan–Malpensa (MXP) | |||
New York–Kennedy (JFK) | |||
Orlando–Sanford (SFB) | Seasonal | ||
Palma de Mallorca (PMI) | |||
Paris–Orly (ORY) | |||
Salzburg (SZG) | |||
Tenerife–Reina Sofía (TFS) | |||
Toronto–Pearson (YYZ) | |||
Újvidék (UVD) | |||
Vancouver (XVR) | |||
Dundee, United Kingdom (DND) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Düsseldorf, Germany (DUS) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
East Midlands, United Kingdom (EMA) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Edinburgh, United Kingdom (EDI) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Exeter, United Kingdom (EXT) | Domestic | Birmingham (BHX) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Faro, Portugal (FAO) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Forest, Guernsey (GCI) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Geneva, Switzerland (GVA) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Gibraltar Int'l Airport, Gibraltar, United Kingdom (GIB) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Girona, Spain (GRO) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Glasgow, United Kingdom (GLA) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (YHZ) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Hannover, Germany (HAJ) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA (IND) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Inverness, United Kingdom (INV) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Kassa, Hungary (KSC) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Las Palmas, Spain (LPA) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
London (Gatwick), United Kingdom (LGW) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
International | Blaenau (XBL) | Seasonal | |
London (Southend), United Kingdom (SEN) | Domestic | Aberdeen (ABZ) | |
Belfast City (BHD) | |||
Bristol (BRS) | |||
Cardiff (CWL) | |||
Dundee (DND) | |||
East Midlands (EMA) | |||
Edinburgh (EDI) | |||
Exeter (EXT) | |||
Gibraltar (GIB) | |||
Glasgow (GLA) | |||
Londonderry (LDY) | |||
Socotra (SCT) | Seasonal | ||
Londonderry, United Kingdom (LDY) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
London Southend (SEN) | |||
Los Angeles, California, USA (LAX) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Malew, Isle of Man (IOM) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Marosvásárhely, Hungary (QMH) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Milan (Malpensa), Italy (MXP) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
New York (John F. Kennedy), New York, USA | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Orlando (Sanford), Florida, USA (SFB) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PMI) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Paris (Orly), France (ORY) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
St Peter, Jersey (JER) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
Salzburg, Austria (SZG) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Socotra Airport, Socotra (SCT) | Domestic | Cardiff (CWL) | Seasonal |
London Southend (SEN) | Seasonal | ||
Tenerife (Reina Sofía), Spain (TFS) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Toronto (Lester B. Pearson), Ontario, Canada (YYZ) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Újvidék, Hungary (UVD) | International | Cardiff (CWL) | |
Vancouver, British Columbia (XVR) | International | Cardiff (CLW) |