For long-distance, international travel, flight technical stops continue to play an integral role in ensuring safe flying. While commercial airlines like British Airways and Ethiopian Airlines have previously operated regular technical stops in Shannon and Dublin, Ireland, respectively, private aircraft…
Complexities Of Flight Planning
Many business jet travellers have been in one situation or another when nearly all flight preparations are complete, but their aircraft must stay on the ground awaiting fuel. While the average fuel stop takes less than an hour, a lack…
While most headlines during the pandemic have focused on commercial aviation, business aviation remains an integral part of global travel that too has been impacted by COVID-19. Across Europe, business aviation declined 25% year-over-year in 2020 according to Eurocontrol, as…
Flight plans. Permits. Fuel. Ground handling. The list of complex activities necessary to support travel can go on for an eternity. For large, well established travel groups, it may seem like a no-brainer to leverage one’s in house team when…
In the closing days of 2020, cargo airlines and their ground handling teams raced around the clock to ensure goods arrived where they needed to across the globe. This often meant transporting goods to new destinations, each of which required…
With spend on business tourism worldwide achieving record levels in 2019, few could have predicted the dramatic decline in business travel brought on by the pandemic. Commercial airlines saw revenue evaporate almost overnight, as consultants, bankers and other heavy travel…
With the UK having completed its removal from the EU Single Market to start the new year, travellers and aircraft operators alike have braced for a major impact to business aviation. Nestled within the lengthy, 1,246 page trade and cooperation…
Flight permits are compulsory for any travelling aircraft. There’s no getting around it, both overflight and landing permits require certain procedures in order to request them. While they’re no walk in the park, for a company such as ourselves here…
Numerous factors play a part in diplomatic flight operations, all of which must be considered before you undertake a diplomatic flight. From permits to flight planning and even handling, diplomatic flights differ in a number of ways. The planning process…