The Bicester Aerodrome Company has been launched to manage future aviation operations at the Oxfordshire airfield. The company replaces Bicester Gliding Club – formerly Windrushers … Read more
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OK for IAE’s new hangar at Little Staughton
Cranfield-based maintenance engineers IAE have gained planning permission for a new hangar at nearby Little Staughton Airfield. The maintenance organisation is planning to relocate from … Read more
FLYER launches #GetBritainFlyingAgain
To celebrate the fact that we can now fly again, and to help get General Aviation back on its feet, FLYER magazine is launching the … Read more
APPG asks Treasury to support aviation through Covid crisis
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA) has asked for Government intervention to support the UK’s aviation industry through the Covid-19 pandemic. Co-chair of … Read more
Govt launches £2m fund to support local airfields
The government has announced a £2m fund to support local airfields. The money will be available to supply commercial expertise and help General Aviation businesses … Read more
Shapps’ new General Aviation team cracks on with reforms
A new General Aviation team created at the Department for Transport has grown to approximately 25 people from ‘one and a half’ in less than … Read more
End of a 100-year+ era: Old Sarum to close
Old Sarum Airfield will close to ALL movements from 16:45 on the 31st of October 2019. That’s the bald statement on the website of Old … Read more
Take Flight excluded as Wellesbourne Airfield is saved (maybe)
The future of Wellesbourne Airfield is a little less precarious this week after the landlords, Littler Investments Limited, wrote to nearly all the tenant businesses … Read more
Possible reopening for Manston Airport after sale
The site of closed Manston Airport has been sold to the company which wants to reopen the airport as an air freight hub with a … Read more
APPG-GA sees red over aviation green paper
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation (APPG-GA) is calling on the government to ‘wake up and take bold and ambitious measures’ to ensure General … Read more