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UK airport passenger numbers drop 75% to 74m in 2020
The number of passengers travelling through UK airports fell by 223 million last year, an annual decline of 75%, as governments imposed travel bans and restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Plans revealed to connect Rhondda Cynon Taf with north west Cardiff
Significant future plans to improve travel connectivity between communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf and north west Cardiff have been announced, following the first stage of a Welsh Government-funded transport study.
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- Covid: Cardiff Airport saw biggest drop in passengers in UKIt had a further blow after Aer Lingus' operators Stobart Air went into liquidation on Friday.
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- UK airport passenger numbers drop 75% to 74m in 2020The number of passengers travelling through UK airports fell by 223 million last year, an annual decline of 75%, as governments imposed travel bans and restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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- Britain must put words into action over emissions, CBI warns [subscription]The director-general of the CBI has urged the government to put its green rhetoric into action so companies can reap the benefits of moving to net zero.
- Air passengers can beat queues with Uber-style private jet service [subscription]Cut-price private jets are being introduced to the UK with the creation of an Uber-style network for luxury travel.
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- Irish air operator collapses weeks before starting Cardiff Airport serviceAll 480 staff at the airline have been informed
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- Airplane discovered at the bottom of a California lake could be from 1965 crashWorkers testing underwater surveying equipment say they found the wreckage of a small airplane deep underwater in California's Folsom Lake -— and they may have solved a 56-year-old aviation mystery.
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