Aviation & Aerospace

Farnborough Airport's Aviator Hotel comes second in TripAdvisor awards

The Aviator Hotel in Farnborough has come second in TripAdvisor's Travellers' Choice Best of the Best Hotel awards. Completed in 2008, the Aviator Hampshire was designed... READ MORE »

NATS' Fareham head office the venue for pioneering drone flight simulations

Fareham-headquartered NATS - the UK's provider of air navigation services - has run pioneering simulations, which showed how drones could be integrated alongside other... READ MORE »

Hants and Surrey have ‘head start’ to capitalise on government’s new space plan, says cluster

The thriving space sector across Hampshire, Surrey and the Isle of Wight is perfectly placed to capitalise on the government’s new Space Industrial Plan, according to a... READ MORE »

‘The sky’s no longer the limit’ - BAE & Portsmouth Uni launch UK’s first space degree apprenticeship

The University of Portsmouth is set to offer the UK’s first ever degree apprenticeship for space systems engineers in conjunction with Hampshire-based BAE Systems... READ MORE »

Emirates becomes first international airline to join Solent Cluster as region looks to low-carbon fuels

The Solent Cluster, a cross-sector collaboration focused on decarbonising the region, has welcomed Emirates international airline to its ranks. More than 100... READ MORE »

2024 is the year jet zero takes off says FAC as they join region’s leaders in new aerospace cluster

Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC) and Enterprise M3 LEP have come together with industry leaders to form a new regional aerospace cluster. The initiative unites 25... READ MORE »

FAC celebrates busy year facilitating collaboration in aerospace with almost 30 new members

Farnborough Aerospace Consortium has welcomed 28 new members over the past year as the sector continues to recover post-pandemic. The organisation works both within and... READ MORE »

From drones to space travel, Richard has it covered as he’s named New Airspace Users Director at NATS

NATS, the Fareham-based provider of air navigation services, has appointed Richard Ellis as a director to drive commercial business for new airspace users. He joins NATS... READ MORE »

Plans to boost flight limit at Farnborough Airport could create 950 jobs & add £220m to UK economy

Farnborough Airport has submitted plans to lift its flight limit from 50,000 to 70,000 a year by 2040, an increase of 40 per cent. That includes doubling the number of... READ MORE »

Aeroplane engineers of the future take flight at Soton Uni with new Boeing-funded simulator

A new state-of-the-art flight simulator has arrived at the University of Southampton to help train the next generation of aeroplane engineers. Kitted out with 180-degree... READ MORE »