Links Air commence flights to Cardiff and Anglesey
UK regional airline, LinksAir, commences the new Cardiff-Norwich air service on Monday 20th April, also connecting from and to Anglesey which adds to a significant growth of over 30% in passenger numbers for the first quarter of 2015 on the Intra-Wales air service Linskair took over in January.
The new air-link between Cardiff Airport and Norwich International in East Anglia commences at 10:20 AM Monday morning, linking Cardiff , Swansea, Newport and the South Wales region and also via the onward connection, Anglesey and North Wales, to the East Anglian counties of Norfolk and Suffolk with competitive air fares from just £59.00 one-way including all taxes and charges.
The return Norwich-Cardiff-Anglesey services will depart Norwich International at a well-timed 2:20 PM, saving significantly in time by over 4-hours on existing rail or road journey times to both regions alongside cost savings on the current difficult cross-country journey so many have to endure.
This new Norwich service commences as the Cardiff-Anglesey Intra-Wales air service showed a significant 45% increase in passenger numbers for the month of March compared to 2014, with 1145 passengers using the link to Anglesey, the highest number in a single month since June 2009. This follows both January and February also being significantly above the previous year and has seen in the first quarter 2787 use the service, almost 700 more than 2014, a growth of over 25% since Linksair took over the air service from the former operator.
LinksAir Commercial Manager, Roger Hage, added “We are delighted at LinksAir with the initial response to us taking over the Cardiff-Anglesey service and already carrying such increased passenger numbers. Adding the new daily weekday Norwich service will add further to the destinations available from and to Wales helping business and leisure accessibility to the East Anglia region to both North and South Wales..
Norwich Airport Chief Executive Andrew Bell commented “The introduction of the Cardiff route and the new onward connection to Anglesey is another positive step in the airport’s strategy to deliver regional connectivity to both leisure and business travelers as it will not only benefit those working within the energy sector but other industries and those wishing to travel to visit friends and relatives in Wales.”
The East of England and its Norfolk and Suffolk coast is one of the UK’s busiest in the energy sector, especially with gas and offshore renewable developments. Linksair have even added a specific extra flight on the 21st May to allow delegates and exhibitors to return to Norfolk following the Renewable Wales conference in Cardiff.
Flights are available to book at www.linksair.com or via 0844 8002411 or via your local travel agent on all GDS systems as Flexflight. A special “launch” fare of £99 return to Cardiff or £139 to Anglesey is available.
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