Cardiff Airport has reported a slight rise in annual passenger numbers as it edges closer to the one million mark.

The Rhoose-based airport, which is wholly-owned by the Welsh Government but operates as an at arm’s length business, said in the year to the end of September it handled 928,000 passengers - up a 5.3% on the previous year.

The airport is still below its pre-pandemic annual passenger number of 1.6 million. As part of its pandemic recovery plan it forecast to get back to that figure by 2026, but that is now unlikely to be achieved.

The airport said the increase in passengers over the last year reflects growing confidence from key airline partners including TUI and Ryanair, both of whom have expanded operations. Ryanair marked 10 years of flying from the airport with its bigges

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