The continued success of KLM – one of Cardiff Airport’s longest serving airlines – has seen even more long-haul connections added to its worldwide schedule for the coming winter season, making travel to far flung destinations all the more accessible for Cardiff Airport’s customers.

Seven new destinations will be operated by KLM from Amsterdam Schiphol from this winter: Cartagena (Colombia), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Mauritius (Republic of Mauritius), Minneapolis (United States) Monrovia (Liberia), Mumbai (India) and San José (Costa Rica). These new routes are accessible with up to three direct flights per day from Cardiff to Amsterdam Schiphol all year round.

Another very popular addition to KLM’s route network includes a one stop connection to Orlando, Florida as the result of a codeshare partnership with KLM and Delta. Operating from March 2018, customers planning a once in a lifetime trip to Walt Disney World or the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be able to book flights through KLM and Delta, departing on our daily services at either 0605 or 1000 and arriving into Orlando at 1740.

This new one stop destination now takes the transatlantic routes available from Cardiff via Amsterdam and Paris to over 30. The current easy one stop connections available* with KLM, Air France and Delta via Amsterdam or Paris are:

New York JFK and Newark Montreal, Quebec Paramaribo, Suriname Boston, Massachusetts Toronto, Ontario Santiago, Chile Atlanta, Georgia Vancouver, British Columbia Mexico City, Mexico Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Edmonton, Alberta Salt Lake City, Utah Calgary, Alberta San Francisco, California Aruba Los Angeles, California St Maarten Seattle, Washington Panama Portland, Oregon Havana, Cuba Miami, Florida Caracas, Venezuela Orlando, Florida Quito, Ecuador Houston, Texas Bogota, Colombia Washington DC Lima, Peru Detroit, Michigan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Minneapolis St Paul, Minnesota São Paulo, Brazil

Deb Barber, CEO of Cardiff Airport, said: