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Ddydd Gwener, 24 Chwefror, penderfynodd yr Awdurdod Hedfan Sifil (CAA) ddiddymu trwydded Van Air fel cludwr tramor i hedfan yng ngofod y DU yn sgil digwyddiad ar daith rhwng Ynys Manaw a Belfast yn ystod Storm Doris.  Er mwyn cynnal y Gwasanaeth Awyr  Mewnol, penderfynodd Van Air is\-gontractio’r gwasanaeth i’r cwmni awyr o Ddenmarc, North Flying, a’r rheini sydd wedi bod yn darparu’r gwasanaeth dros y bythefnos ddiwethaf. 

Yn ôl y contract a lofnodwyd rhwng Van Air a Gweinidogion Cymru, roedd gofyn i Van Air ddarparu ystod lawn o wasanaethau, o ddarparu ehediadau diogel ar y llwybr i ddarparu gwasanaethau ategol i deithwyr gan gynnwys tocynnau, gwasanaethau cwsmeriaid a marchnata.  Roedd Van Air wedi contractio’r swyddogaethau hyn i Citywing o Ynys Manaw. 

Nos Wener, 10 Mawrth, cyhoeddodd Citywing fod y cwmni wedi dod i ben, hynny yn uniongyrchol am fod Van Air wedi colli ei drwyddedau i hedfan yn y DU.  O’r herwydd, nid oedd modd i Wasanaeth Awyr Mewnol Cymru barhau heb ddarparu rhywbeth yn ei le. 

Gyda help a chefnogaeth Eastern Airways, y CAA, Meysydd Awyr Caerdydd ac Ynys Môn a’r RAF yn y Fali, rydym wedi sicrhau cytundeb tymor byr gydag Eastern Airways i sicrhau nad yw defnyddwyr y gwasanaeth yn colli allan.  Mae’n dda gen i gadarnhau yr hedfanodd pob awyren fel arfer bore yma (13 Mawrth) ac y gwnaiff Eastern Airways anrhydeddu pob tocyn ar gyfer teithio’r wythnos hon. 

Bu’r penwythnos a aeth heibio yn un caled.  Oherwydd cwymp Citywing, bu’n rhaid inni symud yn gyflym i gael hyd i gwmni arall i gynnal y gwasanaeth.  Daeth Eastern Airways i’r adwy yn hyn o beth, ac rydym wedi cytuno ar gontract treigl gyda nhw fel bod y teithiau sydd yn yr arfaeth yn codi fel arfer.  Rydym wedi defnyddio’r gyllideb y byddem wedi’i defnyddio ar gyfer Van Air a Citywing a byddwn nawr yn siarad ag Eastern Airways am gost trefniadau mwy tymor hir.  

Fel y gwyddoch mae’n siŵr, gofynnais y llynedd am adolygiad trylwyr o Wasanaeth Awyr Mewnol Cymru i edrych ar nifer o opsiynau, o ddod â’r gwasanaeth i ben yn llwyr i newid patrymau’r gwasanaeth, cynyddu’r ddarpariaeth a chynyddu maint yr awyrennau.  Mae’r gwaith hwnnw bellach wedi’i gwblhau ac rydym wrthi’n dadansoddi’r canfyddiadau.  Am nifer o resymau, rydym wedi cymryd mwy o amser na’r disgwyl i gyhoeddi’r adroddiad ond rwy’n rhagweld ei gyhoeddi yn yr wythnosau i ddod. 

Bydd angen imi ystyried argymhellion yr adolygiad law yn llaw â’r problemau diweddar â’r gwasanaeth a’m bwriad yw gwneud cyhoeddiad cyn hir ynghylch dyfodol tymor hir y gwasanaeth awyr hwn. 







Translation:


 
On Friday 24 February, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) withdrew Van Air’s Foreign Carrier Permit to fly in UK air space, following an incident on a flight between the Isle of Man and Belfast during Storm Doris.  In order to ensure service continuity for the route, Van Air sub\-contracted the operation of the Intra Wales Air Service to Danish airline, North Flying, which operated the route for the past two weeks. 


The air service contract agreement was between Van Air and the Welsh Ministers.  The contract required Van Air to provide a full range of services from safely operating the route to the provision of complementary passenger functions, including ticketing, customer services and marketing the route.  Van Air contracted these functions out to its preferred supplier, Isle of Man based Citywing.


On the evening of Friday 10 March, Citywing announced it had ceased trading, noting that the decision was a direct result of Van Air losing its UK route licenses.  As such, the Intra Wales Air Service could not continue to operate without replacement provision being put in place.


With the help and support of Eastern Airways, the CAA, Cardiff and Anglesey Airports and the RAF at Valley, we secured a short term deal with Eastern Airways to ensure that users of the service were not affected.  I am pleased to confirm that flights operated as normal this morning (13 March) and that tickets for travel this week will be honoured by Eastern Airways.


The events of this past weekend have been difficult.  The collapse of Citywing put us in a position where we had to move fast to secure another operator.  We have now done that with Eastern Airways and agreed a rolling contract with them to ensure passengers’ planned flights can go ahead as normal.  We are using the budget that we would have used for Van Air and Citywing for that purpose, but we will now be speaking with Eastern Airways about the cost of any longer term arrangements.


As you may already be aware, last year I requested a thorough review of the intra Wales Air Service, which looked at a wide range of options from ceasing the service entirely to changing service patterns, increasing provision and upping the aircraft size.  This work has now been completed and the findings are currently being analysed.  Due to a range of factors, finalising the report has taken longer than expected but I anticipate the report will be completed in the coming weeks. 


I will need to consider the recommendations of the review alongside the recent operator problems and aim to make an announcement shortly regarding the long term future of this air service.