The first aircraft to be operated was a de Havilland DH.60 Moth, mainly to train pilots and fly tourists.

[1] Commencing on 1 January 1946 it was the first British airline to restart operations after the war, with a charter flight with an Auster Autocrat with a cargo of wire rope and an aircraft seat between Cardiff airport and Bristol.

[1] In 1948 Cambrian was flying in cooperation with BEA and used the de Havilland Dragon Rapide, the Autocrat and the Percival Proctor.

The service by the Vickers Viscount turboprop began on 20 February 1963 from Cardiff via Bristol to Dublin.

Cambrian also operated jet BAC One-Elevens, used for charter flights and on the scheduled network.