Following a boom in demand for helicopter charter in the pandemic travel landscape, leading UK VIP helicopter charter company, Apollo Air Services has announced their first southern UK base at Cambridge City Airport. As more travellers are turning to helicopter travel for the privacy, flexibility, hygiene, and personal space, Apollo has added the base to meet the growing demand and to better serve the south of England and northern Europe.
Apollo Air Services has experienced a 40% increase in enquiries YOY since lockdown eased, with half of these enquiries from first time customers, and last month became the first helicopter company in the UK to install ground-breaking air purification, proven to deactivate 99.4% of airborne virus including COVID-19.
One of its new AW109 aircraft will be located at Cambridge City Airport and is ready to charter now.
Cambridge City Airport is a small regional airport just minutes from the centre of the historic city, with fast and convenient links to London and the south and east of the country.
The airport is known for its friendly, tailored, customer-focused service, with easy access to great destinations and superb charter flights to destinations throughout the country and Europe via our growing partners.
It offers a state of the art FBO, with baggage scanning on-entry, making it as quick and convenient as possible, so passengers can go from the front door to their flight with the minimum of disruption. Cambridge City Airport is also the leading equestrian transport specialist.
Apollo already has four bases in Carlisle, Leeds, St Andrews and Cardiff, and with the new addition of Cambridge, will be better placed to meet the growing demand for helicopter travel and service the south of the UK including London, the south coast and European cities such as Paris and Brussels.
Steve Graham, Apollo Air Services, “We’re delighted to launch our new base at Cambridge and expand our offering in the south. We already have a bases in Scotland, Wales, and the north of England, and now we can better service the whole of the country and meet the growing demand coming out of London. We are also seeing more enquiries for trips to Paris and northern Europe, as customers want to avoid commercial planes, and now from a distance perspective, this is more feasible and cost effective for both us and our clients.”
Airport Director, Kevan Craske, said: “We’re delighted to have Apollo Air Services within our partnership team and look forward to welcoming their customers for many years to come. There has never been a better time to charter flights and we see this partnership as offering passengers the very best travel experience, whether for business or pleasure.”
