Cardiff Airport CWL / EGFF

Primary licensed commercial handling agent at CWL (listed under 'Handling Agents' in the airport's official 2025/26 Useful Contacts table). Ramp, turnaround, load control, passenger/check-in/gate, PRM, baggage. SITA CWLAPXH; VHF 131.550; station in Rhoose. · Phone line 0900-1730 daily

FBO at The White Building, Southside, Rhoose; private/general & business aviation ground handling (basic ground handling, crew/PAX meet & assist, airside crew transport, landing/overflight permit coordination). Freq 122.350.

Full-service executive FBO at Southside, Rhoose: VIP/corporate jets, delivery/ferry, air ambulance, tech stops, military support. IS-BAH Stage 1; NATA Safety 1st-trained line staff. Airfield available H24, no night curfew. · H24

Into-plane fuelling: Jet A-1/AVTUR available by arrangement with Swissport; uplift drawn from the airport fuel farm. Listed among Swissport ramp/fuelling services.

FBO into-plane fuelling: Jet A-1 for GA/business jets. (AVGAS 100LL at Cardiff is supplied by Global Trek Aviation, not Signature - original AVGAS claim corrected.)

In-house fuel-truck service: Jet A-1 and AVGAS 100LL. AVGAS available H24 on request with notice (confirmed by Global Trek's own Cardiff announcement). · AVGAS H24 on request

Airport-operated fuel farm facilitates Jet A-1 (and AvGas via FBO); named into-plane fuel suppliers Essar, Q8 and World Fuel Services. Arrange in advance via •••. Listed under 'Fuelling' in the airport 2025/26 contacts table.

Into-plane fuelling: dnata appears on the airport's 'Fuelling' line (contact •••) and Cardiff is within dnata's UK fuelling network; arranged on request. (Upgraded from 'unconfirmed' - now corroborated by airport table + dnata UK network.)

De-icing/anti-icing within Swissport ramp service set; on-site/standby crews for winter ops. Winter operators expected to hold a de-icing arrangement. · Oct-Apr

BA-owned heavy/base maintenance station at CWL for BA's own widebody long-haul fleet (777/787; one bay being extended for A350, completion ~2026 under BA's investment programme). In-house, not third-party MRO. ~480 staff. Phone ••• independently confirmed.

Composite / structures / sheet-metal shop — in-house support workshop at the Cardiff (Rhoose) base doing composite and sheet-metal repairs, machining and welding on BA's long-haul Boeing fleet (historically 747 and 767, now 777, 787, and A350 from 2024 expansion); holds EASA Part-145 and FAA FAR-145 approval.

NDT — non-destructive testing shop with PCN (Aero)/EN 4179 Level 2/3 qualified staff, part of British Airways Engineering's total NDT inspection service for structures, engines and components; class rating unconfirmed beyond Part-145 scope.

Avionics / instrument shop — British Airways Avionic Engineering was consolidated onto the Cardiff site in 2022, maintaining electrical, electronic and mechanical avionics components in-house for BA's fleet; class rating unconfirmed.

Interiors / cabin shop — British Airways Interiors Engineering was consolidated onto the Cardiff site in 2022, supporting major cabin/interior modification programmes (e.g. 777 and 747 refits) alongside the nose-in modification bays; class rating unconfirmed.

Composite / structures shop — in-house back-shop composite repair capability at the St Athan (Bro Tathan) MRO facility, part of the Cardiff Airport Aerospace Enterprise Zone about 5 miles from CWL, supporting Boeing 737 and Airbus A320-family A/B/C-check maintenance; company states it is "fully approved and certified" but does not publish which regulators (CAA/EASA/FAA/etc.) cover this specific site, so exact approvals and class rating are unconfirmed.

NDT — non-destructive testing back-shop at the same St Athan facility, cited alongside paint/restoration and heat-treatment services; not confirmed on the company's own public materials, class rating unconfirmed.

Engine shop — GE's Nantgarw facility (~1,500 staff, roughly 20 miles north of Cardiff Airport, within the greater Cardiff metro area) tests, repairs and overhauls the GE90 (Boeing 777), CFM56 family and GP7000/GP7200 (A380); GE9X program involvement at this specific site is unconfirmed. OEM (GE)-owned and operated facility rather than a third-party Part-145 shop.

Flight (in-flight) catering at CWL: dnata Catering UK Ltd operates from Rhoose (food-hygiene registered) and is listed as 'Flight Catering / Dnata' in the airport 2025/26 contacts table. Phone is the published Flight Catering line; no individual public email retained.

Aircraft cabin cleaning / turnaround cleans; Swissport recruits aircraft cleaning agents at Cardiff Airport.

In-house GSE fleet to support varied aircraft sizes (performs ground handling/servicing in-house).

Air cargo handling at CWL; Swissport operates the cargo function as a subcontracted site in partnership with Raven Express Logistics (general/special/temperature-controlled, express, forwarder handling).

Cargo handler at CWL: transit-shed/cargo-terminal operator (Units 1-2 Cargo Terminal, Rhoose), airfreight specialist; CAA-regulated agent GB/RA/00753-02. Named in airport 2025/26 contacts table and acts as Swissport's local cargo partner.

Cargo/freight forwarder at CWL cargo terminal (Office 6, Cargo Terminal, Rhoose); CAA-regulated agent able to x-ray/certify air export consignments. Named in airport 2025/26 contacts table.

Crew/passenger handling with customs & immigration available 24h at the FBO; dedicated screening described by company as part of full-service handling (status softened to on_request - not independently itemised beyond company site).

Passenger transfer and ramp transport as part of passenger/ramp services.

Crew/passenger transport and accommodation arrangements as part of full-service handling.

Business-aviation FBO services: crew/passenger facilities, handling coordination, permit handling.

Customs/immigration, fuel, transport and tech-stop coordination for visiting operators; immigration & customs available 24h. · H24