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Stavanger Norway's Garden City EastErn airways in-Flight 48 | summer 2014 stavangEr norway’s garden city special supplement for ONS 2014 ALSO IN THIS ISsUE: stargazing in nOrthUmbErland piErs of tHe rEalm This is your complimentary in-flight magazine, to read now or to take home ONE WORLD. ONE TEAM. ONE YOU. Bristow’s European Business Unit (EBU) As our operations expand with new contract covers our oil and gas and search and rescue wins, we have an ongoing requirement for a (SAR) operations across Norway and the UK. number of key positions and would like to With more than 1,000 employees and over 60 invite you to meet us and find out more. aircraft, we operate the North Sea’s youngest fleet and are Bristow’s largest Business Unit. Future recruitment needs include: PILOTS LICENSED SUPPORT STAFF HELICOPTER > Aircraft Handlers > Aircraft Ground Operations Officers ENGINEERS > Operations Controllers For more information, please visit: www.bristowgroup.com/careers www.bristowgroup.com WELCOME welcome to Eastern airways – and welcome to this summer issue of Eastern airways magazine. You’ll find the sights of summer right through this issue: like getting inside the head of Norway’s blockbuster crime writer, Stavanger’s extraordinary garden isle, Flor og Fjære, which Jo Nesbø. features on our cover. Or, if being beside the British seaside is more your scene, then you’ll enjoy reading about the revival We have not one but two great competitions in this issue of the great British seaside pier in our Essential Guide. with the chance to win a two-night luxury break in Brighton’s boutique myhotel, or the four-star Hallmark Hotel in the Great The Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria’s Eden Valley are our Border City of Carlisle. destination in our Exploration Express, while the focus is on the English Lake District as we mark the 50th anniversary of Our supplement this issue is our preview of Stavanger’s ONS Donald Campbell’s double record year, in which he took the 2014, the premier event on the calendar of Europe’s oil and world speed record on both land and water. gas sector this year. Besides previewing the event itself, we review Norway’s oil and gas industry and come up with some If your mind is on lazy summer evenings by the barbecue, ideas for other places to explore in and around Stavanger. we’re sure you’ll enjoy our visit to the Chase Distillery in Herefordshire – find out all about “single provenance” So, enjoy your flight, enjoy your magazine, take it home with gins and vodkas from locally grown apples, potatoes and you – and we hope we help to inspire you for the summer botanicals. ahead! Also in this issue, we feature the night skies above Kielder Forest, Northumberland, get behind the wheel of an E-type Jag and behind the handlebars of a Segway – as well as thE EastErn Team FàiltE croesO vElkOmmEn Tha Eastern Airways a’ cur fàilte air ar Croeso gan Eastern Airways magazine, i bob Eastern Airways magasinet ønsker våre luchd-cleachdaidh gu lèir bho Bhreatainn un o’n cwsmeriaid ym mhob rhan o Brydain kunder i Storbritannia og Europa velkommen. agus an Roinn Eòrp. Fawr ac Ewrop. Eastern Airways er et av Storbritannias Tha Eastern Airways am measg prìomh Mae Eastern Airways ymhlith y prif gwmnïau ledende ruteflyselskap. Vi håper at du vil være làn-sheirbheisean adhair clàraichte na RA. awyrennau yn y DU sy’n cynnig amserlen fornøyd med servicen vår – og at den tilbyr Tha sinn an dòchas gum meas sibh ar lawn o wasanaethau. Gobeithio y gwelwch deg det lille ekstra som er prikken over i-en. Vi seirbheis, an dà chuid, cùramach agus chi fod ein gwasanaeth yn un gofalus ac setter alltid pris på å motta dine kommentarer beagan eadar-dhealaichte – tha sinn ychydig bach yn wahanol – rydyn ni bob om både servicen og magasinet. an-còmhnaidh toilichte ur beachdan mun amser yn falch o gael eich sylwadau am ein t-seirbheis againn, is mu ar n-iris, a gwasanaeth ac am ein cylchgrawn. EaStErn-tEamEt chluinntinn. tîm EaStErn Sgioba EaStErn NOW OPEN IN ABERDEEN Spectacular Views Fully Air Conditioned City Centre Marble Bathrooms Free High Speed Wifi Underfloor Heating Fully Kitted Kitchens Apartments serviced daily Warmly Decorated Beautifully Furnished LUXURY BESPOKE DESIGNED APARTMENTS IN A CLASSIC HISTORIC BUILDING STUDIO, ONE & TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AVAILABLE FOR LONG AND SHORT TERM STAYS For more information and for bookings contact: [email protected] cONTENTS CONTENTS 18 seeing stars 47 piErs of thE rEalm 30 nOrdic nOir rEgUlars cOmpEtitiOns featUrEs 07 b UsinEss nEws 46 brightOn rOcks 14 bluebird risEs What’s happening in the business WIN a fabulous two-night stay in Donald Campbell’s famous boat is world around Eastern Airways Britain’s most popular seaside city getting a new lease of life destinations at myhotel Brighton 18 stars in thEir skiEs 17 hOtEl rEviEw It’s official: Northumberland is one Stan Abbott visits the Lake of the best places to go stargazing District’s Rothay Garden Hotel 21 Hot pOtatO 26 ExplOratiOn ExprEss Chase Distillery’s recipe for Whistle-stop tour of the Settle & success Carlisle railway as it celebrates 25 years since it was saved from 24 highway tO hEavEn closure Norman Burr finds wine and petrol a heady mix at Headlam Hall 35 BarE EssEntials 29 all abOard! Eastern Airways’ network map, WIN a fantastic rail journey and 30 jO nEsbø passenger information, essential a two-night border break at The Russians are coming for the goings on and destination guides Hallmark Hotel Carlisle master of Nordic Noir 45 rivErsidE dining 33 twO wheels good A taste of Newcastle’s latest Stan Abbott tries out the restaurant experience innovative Segway on the shores of Loch Lomond 47 EssEntial gUidE: sEasidE piErs DESTINATION All within easy reach of Eastern ONS 2014 Airways destinations A SUPPLEMENT PRODUCED FOR EASTERN AIRWAYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ONS 2014 50 ThE last wOrd Harry Pearson recalls his fruity CHANGES IN THE AIR past... spEcial sUpplEmEnt ONS celebrates its 40th year Fly easternairways.com destination ONS 2014 ii Eastern Airways in-flight magazine is published © June 2014. All rights reserved. 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[email protected] To advertise in Eastern Airways Magazine, call Liz Reekie on +44 (0) 7563 796103 / +44 (0) 1434 240947 or email [email protected] 5 nEWS Saab 2000 pictured at destinations Scatsta, Shetland airways EASTERN FROM NEWS additiOnal aircraFt incrEasEs saab Fleet Eastern Airways has added a ninth aircraft to its fleet of Saab contract with BP, flying between Aberdeen and Sumburgh in the 2000s. Shetland Isles. The Swedish manufactured 50-seater Saab 2000 is one of the Paul Alcock, Eastern Airways’ Managing Director, said: world’s fastest turbo-prop aircraft, with its two Rolls Royce “The Saab 2000 is an extremely flexible aircraft that can operate engines delivering a cruising speed of 425mph, alongside a low on both short and longer runways, and is ideally suited to our fuel burn, thanks to its efficiency. long-term charter services for the oil and gas industry. The The new aircraft will be used primarily on charter contracts for aircraft type is also used on our scheduled network and to the oil and gas industry, including the recently awarded major European destinations for ad-hoc charters.” n Thomson and First Choice have The move to introduce this new route is launched a new route to Palma, part of the UK’s largest tour operator’s Mallorca, from Humberside airport. strategy to ensure customers across The flights will leave on Tuesdays at the UK can fly from their local airport 1530 and will give sun-seekers from and stay at the best hotels in some Humberside and the surrounding of the most exciting destinations. area the chance to visit Palma and Holidaymakers can also join Thomson other resorts such as Magaluf, Porto Cruises itineraries that leave from Palma, Pollensa and Port Soller from their as well as enjoying some of Thomson local aiport. and First Choice’s flagship properties. 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