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New five-year investment plan at Gatwick to improve resilience and create future capacity

Gatwick is publishing its new five-year Capital Investment Programme (CIP) which highlights more investment in automation and technology as an enabler of sustainable growth. New initiatives include robotic parking and automated boarding technology, which will speed up boarding and give passengers more choice about how they spend their time. Gatwick’s total investment since 2009, com...

Busiest ever month for London City Airport

Summer time, travel time, airports are welcoming more and more passengers dreaming of their holidays. This July became a record, a busiest-ever month for London City Airport. Strong growth on leisure routes including Mykonos, Skiathos and Florence helped a lot on this. A total of 490,819 passengers chose London’s most central airport, 4% up (+19,300) compared...

ACE steps up the pace

With just over six weeks to go, Air Charter Expo 2019 is set to become the most successful edition of this one-day air charter exhibition so far. With the show now almost booked to capacity, a dazzling array of aircraft on the static display, registrations significantly higher to date compared with the same stage in 2018 and a full day of training and presentations, everything is in place for...

New Training Center for MTU Series 1600 PowerPacks inaugurated In UK

A new Training Center for MTU rail drive systems was innugurated by Rolls-Royce. It allows to expand the global Center of Excellence for Series 1600 PowerPacks at its site in East Grinstead, Great Britain. In the Training Center, Rolls-Royce experts instruct technicians of end users, dealers and distributors as well as internal service technicians in the handling and maintenanc...

Newcomer on business jet and helicopter market - DOMINVS AVIATION

London based aviation services company Dominvs Aviation officially launched on the 1st June, providing business aviation asset management solutions, charter and aircraft trading. The company operates as part of the well-established Dominvs Group, a hotels, real estate and privateequity business based in central London. Dominvs Aviation was founded by CEO Chris Mace, previous founder of cha...

Premier Summit Returns to London- 5th Aerotropolis World Summit

Premier Summit Returns to London UK for Airport City Developers, Airport Operators, Urban Planning Authorities and Real Estate Groups! Equip Global’s 5th Aerotropolis World Summit returns to London, UK on 20 – 23 August 2019. This 4-day summit will allow participants to stay ahead of the curve on conceptualising, planning and developing a...

Wizz Air to connect London to Moscow and St Petersburg

Two news Wizz Air UK services from its London Luton base announced - to Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport, and Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg Flights on the Moscow route will launch on 1 October 2019 and operate daily. The St Petersburg route, on which Wizz Air UK will be the sole British operating carrier, will also launch on 1 October 2019 and operate daily....

New Association is born - The Air Charter Association

In 1949 the Baltic Air Charter Association was founded at London’s Baltic Exchange. Throughout those 70 years the association has focussed heavily on representing the interests of professional organisations and individuals working in the air charter industry with regulatory authorities and Governments around the globe. With only two brand refreshes in those 70 years, the Counci...

Piper Malibu and its UK pilots to claim new World Record

16 countries in 24 hours with Piper Malibu light aircraft! Intrepid British pilots Mike Roberts and Nicholas Rogers are awaiting formal verification of their feat from the Guinness World Record Organisation. Currently it lists the most countries visited by fixed wing aircraft in 24 hrs as 11, achieved by James van der Hoorn and Iain Macleod b...

Congratulation - Five Years of Norwegian Low-cost Long-haul Service to London Gatwick

Time to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Norwegian long-haul routes from the United States to London Gatwick, a nonstop service with unbeatable low fares, featuring new planes! London is the crown jewel in Norwegian’s U.S. network with nearly 1 million passengers carried each year. July 2014 marked the beginning of Norwegian’s long-haul expansion from the U.S. to London...

London City Airport master plan, a vision for the airport to 2035

London City Airport has published a draft master plan, detailing how it could respond to continued demand for business and leisure air travel, in a sustainable and responsible way, over the next 15 years. It follows a 42% increase in passengers at London’s most central airport over the past five years and the continued shift in London’s centre of gravity towards the east...

A boom of private jet bookings ahead of all-English European football finals

Passion is a force considered as an engine for so many things... Passion for football, quite an amazing force... So what's happening ahead of all-English European football finals of 2019? How football fans are travelling, how they are flyiing? According to Luxaviation UK, there is a surge in requests and bookings ahead of the UEFA Champions League and Europa League finals, more than do...