bmibaby, the biggest budget airline flying from Cardiff Airport, has confirmed that it will cut flights from the Welsh hub this winter because of soaring fuel costs. The airline’s commercial director, Julian Carr, told the Echo newspaper that cutbacks would be made to safeguard the airline’s long-term future. A spokesman for Cardiff Airport said it was working closely with bmibaby as it finalised its winter schedule and would do everything they could to help.
Mr Carr said the airline had long- term plans to expand flights and destinations from Cardiff, but that this winter was not the time to be taking risks. He said: ‘It’s about prudent scheduling. We need to be sensible and robust so that we don’t have excessive capacity. Every airline is scaling back over the winter. This is not out of the ordinary. In the long term we have growth plans. Cardiff is a strong base for us.’
Mr Carr said most of the cutbacks would be in reductions in the numbers of flights to existing destinations and that they would not be drastic. However, he did not rule out removing routes when the airline announces the second part of its winter schedule in the coming weeks.
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