Cheltenham Borough and Gloucester City Councils, working in partnership with Gloucestershire Airport’s bolstered senior leadership team, are seeking new investment for the airport and are expected to instruct advisors to bring it to market in the near future. Jason Ivey, airport director, comments: “The timing’s right to seek new investment, expertise and resources – it […]
Gloucestershire Airport is pleased to announce that Jason Ivey has been appointed as the airport’s new Airport Director. Jason started this week and joins with a proven track-record of driving operational excellence and supporting growth. Jason begun his career in aviation as an 18-year-old in the Royal Air Force. From there his expertise and passion […]
Karen Taylor has resigned as Managing Director of Gloucestershire Airport as of 7 June after over two years in the role. Gloucestershire airport would like to thank Karen for her time as Managing Director, where she oversaw transformational projects including the runway upgrades and the development of CGX connect. Mike Morton (Gloucestershire Airport, Chair) will […]
Nick Tarasek, a student at Clifton Aviation, completed his light airplane pilot licence (LAPL) skills test in 30 hours on Thursday 20 April. This is the minimum amount of time that the test can be completed. Working closely with instructor, Garry Mace, Nick completed the test using excellent knowledge and experience gained while training, demonstrating […]
Earlier this year Gloucestershire Airport completed transformational upgrades to its main runway (09-27). We’re really excited by this because these upgrades have placed the airport firmly at the top end of aviation standards and in doing so cemented the airport’s role as a catalyst for continued regional growth. We want to make Gloucestershire Airport more […]
This follows a commitment by the UK Government to create Investment Zones which will “drive growth and unlock housing”. Pieces of land around the operational airport has been earmarked as one of four sites comprising the proposed Central Gloucestershire City Region Investment Zone. If successful, this Investment Zone would benefit from: a more streamlined planning […]
Lyle Weir, 24, left Gloucestershire Airport on 1 September to undertake his epic journey around the UK and Channel Islands He took 35 hours to cover 4,000 nautical miles in a single engine aircraft making scheduled stops at 20 UK locations Proceeds from the endeavour will go to The Mix – a leading mental health […]
A message from our Head of Operations, Harry Harrad: “we have a reliable ongoing supply of fuel – please come and use it.” We’re aware that fuel has been hard to come by at a number of airports across the country – primarily due to supply chain constraints and a sustained shortage of HGV drivers. […]
Stephen Wood, group sharer of G-BSOG at EGBJ, stepped in for Judith Wordsworth (BAC) to take her Cheltenham WWII RAF veteran, Joe Stanley, to the last meet up of Project Propeller, at Wolverhampton Airport on 19th June 2022, organised by Graham Cowie and his excellent team. Project Propeller was an annual reunion organised for ex-WWII aircrew, during which the […]
PRESS RELEASE – 18 May 2022 Major upgrades to main and crosswind runways now complete Runway resurfacing, installation of new lighting and below-ground infrastructure in readiness for new radar will unlock the airport’s commercial potential The airport’s ‘north/south’ runway now permanently closed to enable development of new business park, CGX connect Gloucestershire Airport, the UK’s […]