Harrods Aviation

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Harrods Aviation Limited
Company type Limited company
IndustryAviation
Headquarters,
Number of locations
London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport
Key people
Paul Norton, Managing Director; Dan Holian, Director of Operations;
Website www.harrodsaviation.com

Harrods Aviation Limited (formerly known as Metro Business Aviation Ltd) is a fixed-base operator and maintenance, repair, and operations service provider for business and corporate aviation in the United Kingdom with bases at London Luton Airport and London Stansted Airport.

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Air Harrods

Air Harrods Limited is the aircraft charter brokering arm of the Harrods company based at London Stansted Airport. [1]

Customers vary immensely; news footage has shown Tony Blair travelling to the G8 summit on board an Air Harrods helicopter which was commissioned by MI5 to offset security concerns. [2] The use of one Air Harrods helicopter was donated for a special of Challenge Anneka in 2007.[ citation needed ] The helicopter was used to transport some ill children to a choir performance.[ citation needed ]

On 7 May 2010, Air Harrods was sold as part of its parent group to a Qatari sovereign investment group in a combined deal worth £1.5bn. [3]

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References

  1. "Air Harrods stocks twin turboshaft EC135 at Stansted". Flight Global. 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. Brace, Matthew (28 April 1997). Independent. Election `97: Fayed helicopter transports Blair. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  3. Thurber, Matt (25 May 2010). Aviation International News. Harrods sold to Qatar holdings. Retrieved 25 September 2020.