7-464: FlightGlobal is an online news and information website which covers the aviation and aerospace industries. The website was established in February 2006 as the website of Flight International magazine, Airline Business , ACAS , Air Transport Intelligence (ATI), The Flight Collection and other services and directories. FlightGlobal has a picture library of over 1 million images, starting with
14-718: A journal focused solely on matters relating to flying should be published—and so, Flight magazine was established as an offshoot of The Automotor Journal . Claiming to be the first aeronautical weekly in the world, Flight first appeared on 2 January 1909 as the official journal of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom (later the Royal Aero Club). In April 1934, Flight was acquired by Iliffe & Sons , who were proprietors and printers of technical magazines, one of which included Autocar . On 4 January 1962
21-627: A special focus on engagement and effective use of social media in a B2B [business-to-business] environment". In August 2019, FlightGlobal and its associated divisions (except analytics and consulting divisions, which were retained by RELX as Cirium) were sold to DVV Media Group . FlightGlobal publishes the weekly Flight International magazine, which marked its 110th anniversary in 2019, and established boardroom strategy title Airline Business, which entered its 35th year in 2020. It also produces multiple daily publications produced and circulated on site at air shows and key industry events globally, including
28-683: Is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace . Published in the United Kingdom and founded in 1909 as "A Journal devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport", it is the world's oldest continuously published aviation news magazine. Flight International is published by DVV Media Group . Competitors include Jane's Information Group and Aviation Week . Former editors of, and contributors include H. F. King, Bill Gunston , John W. R. Taylor and David Learmount . The founder and first editor of Flight
35-486: The Paris and Farnborough air shows. In 2019, RELX rebranded Flight Global data and analytics services to Cirium. FlightGlobal was part of Cirium, in a unit of Reed Business Information, until mid-2019, when it was acquired by DVV Media - a publisher of more than 80 brands, including magazines, newspapers, newsletters, books, directories, and websites. Flight International Flight International , formerly Flight ,
42-538: The foundation of Flight in 1909. Thousands of images and back copies of Flight were searchable online but from June 2020 they are only available with a paid subscription to Flight Global Premium. FlightGlobal won the prize for "Business Website of the Year" at the Association of Online Publishers ' Digital Publishing Awards 2010. According to the contest judges, "The site uses the full spectrum of digital tools, with
49-537: Was Stanley Spooner . He was also the creator and editor of The Automotor Journal , originally titled The Automotor Journal and Horseless Vehicle . From around 1900 the journal had a separate section relating to aviation and aeronautical matters. The 5 April 1908 issue of The Automotor Journal included a diagram of patent drawings of a plane made by the Wright brothers . Stanley kept in contact with them via his friend Griffith Brewer . Eventually, Spooner decided that
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