The Air League strongly welcomes the governments recognition in its National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) of general aviation airfields and the need for their strategic and local importance to be taken into account in planning decisions and development plan policies. …
The Air League would wish to record the very sad news of the death of the legendary Mary Ellis at the age of 101. Mary was a young ATA pilot during the Second World War delivering spitfires around the UK…
The Air League welcomes the announcement of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on General Aviation that it intends to investigate the way that airspace changes are processed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in the UK. The Secretary of State…
The Air League will be attending Farnborough International Airshow 16th-22nd July 2018. Our team will be located in the Outside Area, R6 to meet with members of other organisations as well as the public. This is a great opportunity to…
The Air League, together with Boeing and the Royal Air Force, joined forces to launch an exciting new programme, Centennial Wings, that has seen dozens of teenage air cadets in Northern Ireland build a Sting S4 ultralight aircraft from kit. We…
On the 17th July, a new documentary - Spitfire, will be screened across cinemas in the UK to commemorate the centennary of the Royal Air Force. This new documentary film is narrated by Charles Dance. Sir Christopher Harper, an Air League…
Yesterday, the Air League hosted an Parliamentary event at House of Commons as a prelude to Farnborough International Airshow 2018. Sponsored by Airbus and Lockheed Martin, a panel of experts discussed their plans for the airshow and debated a range…
The Air League strongly supports the House of Commons Select Committee’s Report published on the 26th June 2018 concerning Defence, its conclusions and recommendations. However, there is also a clear and urgent requirement for a new and different approach to…
The Air League welcomes the government’s and Parliament’s decision to expand Heathrow Airport and calls upon the Government to move forward through the Planning stages immediately. It is vital that all the infrastructure requirements of expansion, which must be affordable…
