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