Aviation news in the UK

An overview of news, trends and research in the Aviation industry in the UK:

Secretariat helps Lockheed Martin obtain $131 million damages claim Lockheed Martin has recovered more than $131 million in damages from the United States Air Force.
26 November 2025
SkyTeam and PA Consulting win sustainability and innovation awards for The Aviation Challenge Sky Team has triumphed at the 2025 Association for Project Management Awards.
19 November 2025
RSM in line for Easter Airways administration UK carrier Eastern Airways has fallen into administration, leading to the cancellation of all its flights.
04 November 2025
How Collinson Grant helped Air Fayre to improve customer focus Reducing costs and improving core processes at an international airline catering business presented a number of challenges for Air Fayre.
26 June 2025
Quantuma and Clarke Willmott advise Globexair on shift to Employee Ownership Trust Globexair, a Middlesex-based company that provides logistical and cargo solutions, has transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust. The transaction was supported by Quantuma and Clarke Willmott.
11 June 2025
How autonomous technology is shaping M&A in the defence sector AI and unmanned systems is driving a wave of consolidation as defence primes snap up innovative start-ups, writes Tom Rowe-Jones, director at M&A advisory firm LAVA Advisory Partners.
04 April 2025
Dial Partners advises Gama Aviation on delisting from AIM Private jet company Gama Aviation has confirmed plans to delist from the London Stock Exchange’s junior AIM market, in a deal that is being advised on by specialist M&A consultancy Dial Partners.
30 April 2024
Oliver Wyman launches consolidated aviation unit Vector Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has combined its aviation business division Cavok with recent acquisition SeaTec Consulting to form a new global unit: Oliver Wyman Vector.
16 April 2024
NATS selects CGI to support multi-year IT transformation IT and business consulting services firm CGI has been selected to partner with the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control services.
09 January 2024
Develop Consulting hosts event to help airports leverage lean methods Develop Consulting has hosted an event at BMW MINI to showcase how lean manufacturing can be utilised within the airport sector.
30 November 2023
Capgemini lands new four-year deal to support Heathrow IT and technology consultancy Capgemini has secured a new four-year contract with Heathrow Airport.
27 November 2023
Emergn and Strategyzer announce global innovation alliance Two founder-led consultancies have launched a new partnership, with the aim of supercharging their clients’ innovation efforts.
02 October 2023
Advanced air mobility could substitute 11 million transport journeys by 2040 From freight to healthcare, advanced air mobility technology could soon be offering exciting new ways to transport materials, goods and even people.
31 August 2023
Airlines struggle to recover pre-pandemic levels of business travel Air travel increased in 2022 across the globe, bouncing back from the pandemic lows of2020.
07 March 2023
Flybe grounded by second administration since 2020 UK airline Flybe has fallen into administration for the second time in three years. Professionals from Interpath Advisory are overseeing the process.
02 February 2023
Global leaders flock to WEF via private jets Government and business leaders once again stand accused of telling the rest of the world to ‘do as I say, not as I do,’ after it emerged that many of them took short private jets.
19 January 2023
Sanctioned CargoLogicAir appoints Buchler Phillips administrators UK based airline CargoLogicAir has fallen into administration, as a consequence of sanctions against Russia impacting its former Director.
25 November 2022
Airline cabin maker selects Grant Thornton for administration After the collapse of a historic aviation company in Dorset, Grant Thornton was appointed to the firm’s administration.
07 July 2022
Buchler Phillips and Airline Management Group launch aviation offering As the aviation industry faces a host of challenges, the demand for external expertise in the sector is on the rise.
01 July 2022
Aviation industry to reach pre-pandemic levels in 2023 Despite the growing enthusiasm for international tourism in the coming three months, 2021 will still be a dramatic year for aviation.
02 March 2022
UK aviation industry under fire for thousands of 'ghost flights' The UK has hosted around 10% of Europe’s ‘ghost flights’, as the commercial aviation sector faces a backlash for wasting resources.
01 March 2022
How 150 consultants from EY-Parthenon helped save Flybe Along with the wider aviation industry, airline Flybe ran into major turbulence during the first year of the pandemic, and looked set to drop out of the sky when it appointed administrators in 2020.
01 December 2021
Heathrow continues IT services collaboration with Capgemini London’s Heathrow Airport has extended its alliance with global IT consultancy Capgemini.
22 November 2021
2021 yet another dramatic year for airlines globally Despite the growing enthusiasm for international tourism in the coming three months, 2021 will still be a dramatic year for aviation.
22 October 2021
Air Partner security wing secures new contracts amid recovery Global aviation services firm Air Partner has built momentum in its safety and security wing, winning two contracts as it looks to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis.
27 September 2021
UK business travel remains low amid pandemic Following the lifting of many restrictions on movement, many global businesses are travelling more than they expected during the pandemic.
15 September 2021
Air Partner acquires emergency planning and incident response company Professional services provider Air Partner has acquired Kenyon International Emergency Services.
30 August 2021
Tempest programme will stimulate economic and digital growth A new study produced by PwC and Strategy& estimates that the economic impact of the Tempest programme will be felt in every region of the UK.
01 June 2021
Deloitte: Green airplanes can dominate short-haul flights by 2040 By 2040, zero-carbon and zero-emission aircraft could make up a sizeable share of short-haul flights in Europe, slashing the climate impact of one of the continent’s most polluting sectors.
15 April 2021
Virgin Atlantic taps Alvarez & Marsal for possible insolvency As the global aviation industry struggles amid the coronavirus lock-down, a number of firms have entered into administration.
12 May 2020
Globe's largest airlines fire consultants amid Coronavirus The UK’s consulting market could be about to feel the impact of economic turbulence in the aviation sector, with airlines plotting to stabilise their bottom-lines weighing a cull of their external ad
17 March 2020
Flybe drops out of sky citing Coronavirus burden Airlines around the world were already facing major turbulence before 2020, as declining revenues and stagnant demand had seen a steep increase in the number of the sector’s players falling into admi
10 March 2020

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