qatar airways - new flights stimulating tourism to cardiff · duty free shopping offering includes...
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Qatar Airways - New flights
Stimulating tourism to Cardiff
Spencer Birns
Cardiff Airport
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Connections from & to
Australia & New Zealand
Major city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to
Auckland
24 hours
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Connections from & to the Far East
Major city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to
Bangkok
14 hours
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Connections with the Indian
subcontinent & Indian oceanMajor city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to Delhi
12 hours
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Connections from & to Africa
Major city destinations
Other key destinations
Journey from
Cardiff to
Johannesburg
16 hours
30 minutes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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