Cardiff Airport – 34 new destinations coming this year and next

If you use Cardiff Airport whether you are looking for a break in the sun, snow, city or countryside, there are a multitude of destinations you can now fly to from Cardiff airport. Extra flights to Dublin are on the way from March and new long haul destinations later this year. Ryanair is increasing the number of its flights between Cardiff and Dublin to six days every week, starting from Monday March 31. The low-cost airline also flies to Alicante Faro, Malaga and Tenerife from Cardiff.

Travel firm TUI, one of the Cardiff Airport’s biggest customers, is basing three aircraft at Cardiff this summer and a second aircraft for winter operations starting in December 2025. The tour operator is adding more flights from Cardiff to the Canary Islands.

Fuerteventura is TUI’s latest new route from Cardiff, with weekly flights to the Spanish island having started in December 2025. There are also four weekly flights to Tenerife whilst Gran Canaria sees two weekly flights and people can also book Cancun flights and holidays with TUI for 2026.

Passengers flying from Cardiff Airport can now leave liquids under 100ml in their hand luggage, along with all electronics. You can travel to Cardiff Airport by bus using the Express X91 service.

Currently, there are direct flights to 34 destinations from Cardiff Airport. They are:

▪ Barbados (Bridgetown)

▪ Bulgaria (Bourgas)

▪ Cancun (Mexico)

▪ Croatia (Dubrovnik)

▪ Cyprus (Larnaca Paphos)

▪ Finland (Enontekio Ivalo)

▪ France (Chambéry)

▪ Greece (Corfu, Crete, Kefalonia, Kos, Rhodes Zante)

▪ Ireland (Dublin)

▪ Netherlands (Amsterdam)

▪ Northern Ireland (Belfast)

▪ Portugal (Faro)

▪ Scotland (Edinburgh)

▪ Spain Canary Islands (Alicante, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza,

Lanzarote, Mahon, Malaga, Palma, Reus, Tenerife)

▪ Sweden (Pajala)

▪ Tunisia (Enfidha)

▪ Turkey (Antalya Dalaman)

KLM – which has been operating out of Cardiff for over 35 years – also connects Wales to more than 150 destinations around the world, including New York, Toronto, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong. Passengers leave from Cardiff and change to connecting flights on from Amsterdam.

Spencer Birns, CEO of Cardiff Airport, said: “Our airline partners continue to offer a great number of global destinations for people living in Wales to explore from their National Airport. We’re excited to see Chambéry and Fuerteventura on our departure boards.”