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Qatar Airways - New flights
Stimulating tourism to Cardiff
Spencer Birns
Cardiff Airport
The Qatar Airways services:
• Services launching 1 May 2018
• 254 seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner
• First for Wales & South West
• Significant transformational benefits
• Over 1.4 million passengers from our catchment travelling to these
markets
• Service will stimulate great growth
• Increased inward investment
• Fantastic opportunities for inbound tourism to Wales.
Economic benefits of the service to Wales
Direct Effects
• Impacts from the operation of activities at the Airport – on site
Indirect Effects
• Generated by downstream industries – supply chain
Induced Effects
• Spend in economy by employees direct & indirect
Catalytic Effects
• Facilitating growth of business in other sectors of the
economy through connectivity – ripple effect
Key sectors with largest Catalytic economic impact are:
Trade Transport Sport
Investment Tourism Education
The numbers travelling from
the catchment in 2016
Source: Cardiff Airport boarding scanner data, Sabre MIDT data 2016 & CAA survey data 2016
1,4mPassengers travelled between
the region and destinations on
the Qatar Airways network
90%Of passengers travelled 3hrs to
fly from London
24% Are inbound visitors to the region
Top countries travelled to currently
Source: Cardiff Airport boarding scanner data, Sabre MIDT data 2016 & CAA survey data 2016
1. Australia
15%
2. India
10%
3. UAE
9%
4. Hong Kong
7%
5. South Africa
7%
6. Thailand
7%
7. China
7%
8. New Zealand
5%
9. Singapore
3%
10. Saudi Arabia
3%
11. Philippines
2%
12. Sri Lanka
2%
13. Japan
2%
14. Malaysia
2%
15. Maldives
2%
16. Qatar
2%
17. Nepal
2%
18. Indonesia
2%
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Fly from Cardiff to Doha and
connect to the world with Qatar Airways
150Onward connections
from Doha
Connections from & to
Australia & New Zealand
Major city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to
Auckland
24 hours
Connections from & to the Far East
Major city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to
Bangkok
14 hours
Connections with the Indian
subcontinent & Indian oceanMajor city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to Delhi
12 hours
Connections from & to Africa
Major city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to
Johannesburg
16 hours
30 minutes
Benefits of using Cardiff Airport
A warm Welsh welcome from the friendly team
Parking close to the terminal
Frequent express bus to/from Cardiff City Centre
Quick and easy to travel through the terminal
Duty free shopping offering includes Welsh products
4 global Car hire brands – easy walking distance
Expanded Departure
Lounge
More catering
Enhanced retail
Extended Executive
Lounge
Upgraded air bridges
More immigration desks
More car parking
products
New car hire centre.
Major projects to enhance customer experience
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Growth of routes and passengers
2017 - Growth of routes and passengers
• The busiest year for 8 years.
• 48% growth in three years
Growth has been achieved by:
• Developing year round services
• Increasing leisure route capacity key routes
• Developing bespoke markets
• Heavy focus on inbound to Wales
Tourism to Wales is growing:
• German routes now 40% originating from overseas
• Irish Routes now 50% Irish origin
• KLM – 60% originating from overseas markets
• Italian routes grown to 25% originating from other Italy
• Paris route currently 47% French origin
over 50 direct
routes18 airlines
11 HUB
routes
2018 – Expecting double digit growth
Inbound tourism growth will come from:
• Flybe – 3rd based aircraft – extra frequencies & new route
• KLM – 20% capacity increase – larger aircraft
• Qatar Airways – New global hub services
Top inbound routes this year will be:
• Amsterdam hub - KLM
• Doha hub – Qatar Airways
• Dublin – Flybe
• Munich – Flybe
• Milan – Flybe
• Paris – Flybe
• Madrid – Iberia
• Barcelona – Vueling
• Jersey - Flybe
Thank you