cardiff12345
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It’s interesting they’ve not gone for a night operation. Although getting freight out through brynglas at say lunchtime is still easier than bringing it the other way during late afternoon.
Cardiff: Airport Cargo Operations
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Assuming it goes through the tunnel. Depends entirely on where the freight is being shipped to.
Has anyone seen anything official from the airport about this route?
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cardiff12345
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The majority of the cargo is believed to be fruit and veg. Would find it unlikely if it was all staying in wales.
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Where does that info come from?
It also depends on who the customer is.
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From the press release / Egyptian gazette:
As part of EgyptAir Cargo’s strategy to support Egyptian exports, the company will also launch services to Cardiff, UK, with the start of the winter season, creating a new destination for Egyptian vegetables, fruits and other products
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"The service will primarily carry fresh produce, including Egyptian vegetables, fruits, and other products destined for European markets"
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The DCs for Tesco and Asda are ambient depot not produce. Their produce depots are at Avonmouth. There is an Aldi DC in Cardiff as well. There's also a Sainsbury's depot in Bristol, Lidl in Avonmouth and Morrisons in Bridgwater.
cardiff12345
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Which is why I think a lot of it will be going east.
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It depends on who the customer is.
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It looks like now the Cairo route will start on the 1st November
www.aeroroutes.com
EGYPTAIR Cargo Moves Cardiff Launch to early-Nov 2026 — AeroRoutes
Published at 0300PDT / 1000GMT 21OCT26 EGYPTAIR Cargo this week continues to revise planned Cairo – Cardiff service, on board Airbus A330 Freighter. The airline now plans first flight on 01NOV26, based on schedule filing for this daily service. MS5530 CAI0730 – 1050CWL 33X D MS5531 CWL1220 – 19
www.aeroroutes.com
cardiff12345
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Hopefully it doesn’t turn into a european air cargo situation where it’s supposed to be starting then never does.
gulftraveller
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The idea that the flight is bringing in Egyptian produce seems somehow unlikely. A daily A330 of dates..? Is it not more likely to be feeding the new Temu warehouse in Birmingham?
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Egypt is a substantial exporter of produce such as oranges and sweet potatoes. In fact, I think it is the world's largest exporter of oranges so it is entirely possible they could be looking at ops to Cardiff. Fruit and veg being perishable, it might be viewed upon as a way of prolonging the life of produce from Egypt to the South West of the UK.
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It could bring in a lot of stuff but fresh produce is mentioned in an article.
cardiff12345
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It’s the time of year we can’t grow fruit and and a lot of veg outdoors here - so I don’t think the flights carrying a lot of it is out of the question.
Strawberries, Onions and Potatoes can all come from egypt during the european winter.
Strawberries, Onions and Potatoes can all come from egypt during the european winter.
Qing4theloo
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People here in the UK expect there to be salad stuff in the shops in the middle of winter!
I worked at an Indian grocery for a time and was interested to see that nearly all the winter tomatoes came from the Canary Islands.
I'm pretty sure the same went (and still goes) for cucumbers, lettuces, "Spring" onions etc.
As Cardiff12345 says, Egypt is another place where they can grow things at times of the year when they can't grow them in Europe
I worked at an Indian grocery for a time and was interested to see that nearly all the winter tomatoes came from the Canary Islands.
I'm pretty sure the same went (and still goes) for cucumbers, lettuces, "Spring" onions etc.
As Cardiff12345 says, Egypt is another place where they can grow things at times of the year when they can't grow them in Europe
CAN&I
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We reached out for confirmation and comment a while ago and have received nothing official so far from either CWL or WG. With the suggested plans and slots moving around somewhat its probably best to classify this one as a "wait until we see it for ourselves" item of progress.
Precisely, although we'd hope Egyptair are a little more reputable than European Cargo.
