A fleet of rare Gordon-Keeble Cars returned to their ‘birthplace’ to celebrate 50 years since production of the car started in 1964. Built at Southampton Airport, in the building also famous for the production of the early Spitfire aircraft, the cars were manufactured there until 1966. A Gordon-Keeble procession began at Southampton Airport yesterday marking…
Music in the Air returns to Southampton Airport Friday evenings at Southampton Airport are being given a musical twist this summer as the airport plays host to a series of short musical performances by talented local musicians. The fun begins today Friday 16th May. Music in the Air is a collaboration between Southampton Music Service…
Local organisations have just two weeks to submit their bids for a grant from the Southampton Airport Community Fund. The fund invests in worthwhile community and charity projects in the local area, particularly linked to the themes of environment, education and training opportunities for skills development. Applications are assessed once a year in June; therefore…
Eastleigh’s MP Mike Thornton has visted Southampton Airport as part of English Tourism Week. Thornton shadowed the Airport Duty Manager and its ‘Airport Ambassadors’ to get a feel for the day-to-day operations of the airport and to see its award winning customer service in action. Southampton Airport, has been the top performing airport in…
Eastleigh College student Lucy Sykes, 19, is delighted to have landed herself a role as Cabin Crew with one of the world’s leading airlines, British Airways. Lucy successfully completed her Level 3 Travel and Tourism Extended Diploma at Eastleigh College in July last year and has since been building on her travel experience by working…
There is a double dose of good news for Southampton Airport not only is it celebrating winning the title of ‘Top UK Airport’ in the 2014 Wanderlust Readers’ Travel Awards, but figures just released show that passenger numbers for 2013 are up by 1.7%. Thousands of readers of the national Wanderlust Magazine voted for Southampton…
Eastern Airways’ new service from Southampton Airport to Leeds Bradford, aimed primarily at business travellers, launches on Monday 20 January 2014. The UK’s second largest regional airline will offer three flights each weekday in each direction, as well as a Sunday service to ensure business communities on the south coast of England and in Yorkshire…
Throughout the last month, it has been reported that employees of Southampton Airport have been experiencing significantly warmer top lips. Gents across the airport have been cultivating moustaches for the world-wide phenomenon that is Movember – having fun while raising money for the serious issue of men’s health; specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s mental health. Female staff and follicly challenged chaps have also been joining in the fundraising fun by sporting fake moustaches. Even passengers have been getting involved by voting for their…
Eastleigh’s Pavilion on the Park has been awarded a special grant from the Southampton Airport Big Idea Community Fund to build a new outdoor activity building, opening on to Fleming Park. The new 4all Hanger will provide storage for specialist cycles and a focal point for developing work skills, independent living skills and recreation &…
A Berrywood School pupil went to the rescue of Southampton Airport Fire Service after they put out a call for a new health and safety training badge. Nine year old Alex Miller from the school in Hedge End designed the badge as part of a Hampshire-wide competition for school pupils organised by the Airport Fire…
Southampton Airport says a new satellite based navigation system (GNSS) will reduce noise and pollution from landing aircraft. The existing ground based navigation aids for aircraft landing from the south ( ie from Beaulieu and Hythe direction) will be scrapped. The Eastleigh based airport claims the new system will provide an instrument approach that is…
A fascinating new documentary describing wartime activities in Hampshire, from 1939-1945, during the dramatic days of World War 2, has recently been released on DVD by the Bristol based production company 1st-Take Entitled Hampshire At War and based on the book of the same name, the documentary is presented by its author, the best-selling Social Historian…
Southampton Airport has welcomed Jonathan Frost the Bishop of Southampton as he visited the airport as part of his tour of the Eastleigh Deanery. The Rt. Rvd. Dr Jonathan Frost met with Dave Lees, Southampton Airport Managing Director and Jan Halliday, Southampton Airport Director of Marketing & Communication. Dave Lees said: “We were delighted to…
With the warmest weekend of the year (so far) predicted, with the sun set to shine on Hedge End Carnival on Satuday (6th July), on Eastleigh Mela and the Mayor on Sunday (7th July) and with Hants Fire & Rescue warning about barbecue safety, elsewhere in the Borough of Eastleigh, staff at Southampton airport have been thinking ahead…
More than 40,000 people are expected to travel through Southampton Airport this bank holiday half term, as passengers depart in search of sunshine and warmer temperatures. The unseasonably cold weather in Britain is expected to tempt holiday makers to jet off to foreign shores in search of the sun, whilst people are also expected to…
