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Aviation

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur interview: Adam Twidell, CEO of PrivateFly

The online booking boss on how its easier than ever to charter a jet.

Entrepreneurs

The world’s first subscription airline business takes off in Europe

All-you-can-fly subscription-based airline start-up Surf Air enters Europe with a partnership with Zuora, a subscription commerce platform.

News

Airports await expansion takeoff

The much anticipated decision on airport expansion at Heathrow or Gatwick has now been put on hold in the wake of the EU referendum result and will now be left to the next UK Prime Minister to announce plans sometime in October.

Opinion

Making it in the hottest growth sector of the decade

FedEx Europe's David Poole outlines how SMEs can enter and grow in the hard-to-crack aerospace sector.

Entrepreneurs

​A giant leap for aviation: Stratajet

While most entrepreneurs rush to start up the minute their idea comes to mind, Jonny Nicol took five years to work out every detail of his business, without any guarantee of a pay-off. Here's how Stratajet, the aviation industry's best hope, took off.

News

Subscription service airline start-up takes off

Brothers Yannick and Alexander Janssens have launched an airline offering unlimited flights between London, Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt for a monthly fee|Brothers Yannick and Alexander Janssens have launched an airline offering unlimited flights between London, Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt for a monthly fee

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Iron Maiden vocalist secures investment fuel for his Cardiff Aviation business

An aviation business set up by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickenson has secured a £5 million investment from a group of backers including Finance Wales.

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Intertek buys NDT Services to bolster aerospace offering

Quality services business Intertek Group has acquired NDT Services as it looks to expand its presence in the aerospace and power sectors.

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Airline Services lands MBO with LDC

LDC has continued with its interest in the aviation market by backing Airline Services, a business which now joins fellow portfolio company AIM Aviation.

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Parc Aviation acquires SGI Aviation

Aviation personnel provider Parc Aviation has agreed to acquire Dublin-based SGI Aviation (SGIA) for an undisclosed amount.

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LDC backs AIM Aviation MBO

LDC Birmingham has backed the management buy-out of aircraft cabin design company AIM Aviation.

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Darwin buys Hampson Aerospace

Darwin Private Equity has acquired Hampson Aerospace Machining (HAM) from Hampson Industries for £23.7 million in cash.