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Inside The Reuben Brothers’ Aviation Empire!

21May

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Analysis

Inside The Reuben Brothers’ Aviation Empire!

Best known for their extensive property empire, the Reuben Brothers are also at the helm of a rather impressive aviation empire, consisting of an airport, a heliport and a now-defunct airline. Though not as large as the aviation holdings owned by a solely-aviation investor Kenn Ricci, the brothers' aviation empire neatly fits into the brothers' real estate holdings without suffering overdiversification problems. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Who Are The Reuben Brothers? The Reuben Brothers - David and Simon - are Indian-born British businessmen and property investors worth an estimated £16 billion ($20 billion), whose properties include London's Millbank Tower, AMEX's London HQ and Hampton House. Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India in 19...

Remembering The Rise And Fall of London’s Croydon Airport

5Feb

By Salomón MarcoNo Comments

History

Remembering The Rise And Fall of London’s Croydon Airport

Once the UK's only international airport, and the place where Winston Churchill took flying lessons, Croydon Airport is a shell of its former self. Unused since the late 1950's, most of the old airport has been built on with only the Terminal Building and ATC remaining. Replaced by Heathrow as the UK's main airport after the end of WWII, Croydon Airport was important for creating both the world's first airport terminal and air traffic control. So where did it all go so wrong? (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Origins Expansion WWII Postwar Closure Today Do you remember Croydon Airport? Tell me in the comments! Featured image courtesy of Matt Brown via Flickr.

22Jan

By Alya KulikovaNo Comments

Aircraft Digest

All The Airports of London Explained

By far the UK's most populous city, London hosts nearly 175 million passengers each year through numerous airports scattered in and around the city. But collectively, the airports of London have a long, interesting and often intertwined history! Indeed, the city has so much air traffic that almost all airports that primarily serve the city are currently looking to increase their capacity by adding more terminals and more controversially, runways, as seen with London Heathrow. For the purposes of this article, we are defining "airports of London" as any airport that primarily serves the London metropolitan area, including both the City of London and Greater London, rather than airports just based there. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Internati...