Norwich Airport, part of Regional & City Airports, a division of Rigby Group PLC, is the gateway from East Anglia to over 160 destinations within the UK, Europe and beyond, the majority via Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the second-largest hub airport in the world.
Scheduled flights are operated by KLM direct to Amsterdam with onward worldwide connectivity also available, Ryanair direct to Alicante, Faro and Malta, Loganair to Aberdeen and Blue Islands to Jersey. Holiday charters are operated by TUI, Transun and Newmarket Holidays to destinations including the Balearics, the Canary Islands, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, and Lapland.
The Airport is a key hub for the southern North Sea offshore oil and gas industry. Four major offshore helicopter operators are based at the airport and last year just under 70,000 passengers travelled offshore to installations in the southern North Sea.
The Airport is home to several major Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and other aviation organisations including:
· KLMUK Engineering (KLMUKE) – a leading regional aircraft and narrow body MRO and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Air France KLM Group. Services include base maintenance, line maintenance, technical training and decommissioning on a wide range of aircraft types. KLMUKE has been based at the Airport for over 40 years and employs approximately 400 people.
· Satys Air Livery Ltd – a long established aircraft refinishing company founded in 1992 with extensive experience in repainting all commercial and VIP aircraft. Satys Air Livery have thee paint facilities based at Norwich Airport and welcome aircraft from all over the world.
· Klyne Aviation – an organisation comprising of several aviation activities including Saxonair, the Airport’s preferred General Aviation handling agent who operate from a state-of-the-art Business Aviation Centre which opened at the Airport in May 2011. Over the past decade Saxonair has grown and diversified it services to include supporting existing and new offshore ventures.
· The East Anglian Air Ambulance – the Airport is proud to support this established charity that provides a hi-tech helicopter emergency medical service for the people of East Anglia 24hours a day, 365 days a year from their base at Norwich Airport.
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