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Cardiff Airport lounge, 1980.
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Cardiff Airport orginated as Roose Airfield a wartime aerodrome.The airfield was handed over for civilian use in 1949. By 1950, it was in regular use for charter flights. In 1952, Aer Lingus began to operate a Dublin-Cardiff service. All civil flying was transferred from Pengam Moor, Splott on 1 April 1954 and the airfield became the base for Cambrian Airways. A terminal building and hangar had been built by April 1965 when the airport passed to Glamorgan County Council. In 1978, the airport became known officially as Cardiff airport.
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