Harrods Aviation

Harrods Aviation Limited

Company type	Limited company
Industry	Aviation
Headquarters	Stansted , United Kingdom
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.

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]

See also

• Air Harrods
• Harrods
• Harrods Estates

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.

External links

• Official website