EASTERN AIRWAYS IN-FLIGHT 44 | Summer 2013 LICENCE TO RESCUE We meet the tireless volunteers whose airborne support comes from RAF Search and Rescue ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: NORDIC NOIR TRANSLATED WORDSWORTH’S LAKE DISTRICT DESTINATION OFFSHORE EUROPE SUPPLEMENT This is your complimentary in-flight magazine, to read now or to take home WELCOME Welcome to the Eastern Airways Magazine – please feel free to take it away with you and pass it round your family and friends! This issue includes our special preview supplement for the so-called Gem Towns. Victoria Gibson samples the the forthcoming Offshore Europe 2013 exhibition and life of the mountain rescue volunteers and we make conference in Aberdeen, when so many of the movers a flying visit to Robin Hood Country… and the hairy and shakers in this hugely important industry will get mammoths that once lived there! together. Eastern Airways is one of those industry players, thanks to our many strategic connections from There’s the chance to win dinner and a two-day break at around the UK and Norway to the UK oil and offshore the country house home of Scotland’s “best chef” and capital. our regular Puzzle Page, with its best English whisky prize. Of course, through our relationship with Emirates airline, we provide links between Aberdeen and the oil centres We hope the Eastern Airways Magazine reflects our core of the Middle East via Emirates’ Dubai services at values of punctuality, reliability and convenience. We Newcastle. aspire to quality service and attention to detail, starting with selecting your flight, and continuing through fast- But the magazine is about far more than the offshore track security at many airports, business lounge access sector – in this issue we talk to the “actor of the for customers on flexible tickets and high quality service moment”, TV detective, MP and former Dr Who, David on board punctual, reliable flights. Tennant, and to the man behind the success, in English, of that very Norwegian detective, Harry Hole. See you again soon! We’re on the trail of William Wordsworth and his famous daffodils, and explore a forgotten piece of the architecture of the historic face of Britain’s urban scene, 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 SAT NAV FOR OIL & GAS PROJECTS... Building a supply chain community for the ONLINE DASHBOARD FOR WORK STATUS Membership that adds real value, talk to us today… www.magmaproducts.co.uk/choms Come and talk to the team at Offshore Europe stand 1E111 Contact: Joanne Leng [email protected] CONTENTS CONTENTS 32 ROMANTIC RETREAT 14 GREAT READ 24 RESCUE REMEDY REGULARS COMPETITIONS FEATURES 07 BUSINESS NEWS 12 LEADING LINES What’s happening in the business Best books on how to be a better world around Eastern Airways manager destinations 14 THE LINDISFARNE 18 PRODUCT NEWS GOSPELS Must-have items and apps for The return journey home or on the move 24 PEAK PERFORMANCE 20 Q & A Victoria Gibson joins the Peak The Englishman who brings us District Mountain Rescue Nordic noir 28 DAVID TENNANT 35 ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Meet “the nicest man in the world” GEM TOWNS A treasure trove of towns within 32 WORDSWORTH WAS HERE easy reach of Eastern Airways The Lakeland poet still inspires destinations 17 ROYAL VISIT Win a two-night break at 38 BARE ESSENTIALS the Raemoir House Hotel on Eastern Airways’ network map, Royal Deeside passenger information and destination guides 31 PUZZLE PAGE DESTINATION Solve the puzzle and you could OFFSHORE EUROPE A SUPPLEMENT PRODUCED FOR EASTERN AIRWAYS IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPE OFFSHORE EUROPE 2013 48 EXPLORATION EXPRESS win a bottle of English whisky A visit to Sherwood Forest 50 THE LAST WORD Harry Pearson takes a “short- sighted” view on life ALL EYES ON ABERDEEN PREVIEW OF EUROPE’S SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT GREAT OIL AND GAS SHOW Fly easternairways.com DESTINATION OFFSHORE EUROPE 2013 i © The Wordsworth Trust / RAF Rescue, Victoria Gibson Eastern Airways in-flight magazine is published © June 2013. 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[email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 7563 796103 / +44 (0) 1434 240947 e-mail: [email protected] Front cover by Foundedcover Front by Cottage Dove / Print: Acorn Web Offset Ltd, Normanton 5 Using your smartphone, scan the QR code to visit our dedicated industrial website Get a free QR Code reader for your mobile device at www.iscan.it Sector specialist recruitment www.nigelwright.com BUSINESS NEWS NEWS FROM EASTERN AIRWAYS DESTINATIONS NEWS FROM EASTERN AIRWAYS BUSINESS NEWS FROM EASTERN AIRWAYS DESTINATIONS BUSINESS NEWS FROM EASTERN AIRWAYS NEWCASTLE TO BIRMINGHAM: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS Eastern Airways has celebrated the Commercial Director, said: “The tenth n Birmingham Airport was the tenth anniversary of its service from anniversary of this route shows our UK’s most punctual airport in Newcastle to Birmingham. commitment to the region by providing the last quarter of 2012, with a long established, convenient air 85 per cent of scheduled flights Up to 24 flights are offered each week service to further strengthen important and 84 per cent of charter flights and more than 17,000 flights have business links between the North East operating on time. been operated between Newcastle and the Midlands.” and Birmingham since Eastern Overall, this was six per cent Airways took over the route in 2003. Pictured above is Martyn Lloyd, higher than the national average for Commercial Director, Birmingham Airport, scheduled services and ten per cent Kay Ryan, Eastern Airways’ with Kay Ryan, Eastern Airways better for charter services. More Leeds–Aberdeen flights Eastern Airways has increased the frequency of services and improved timings between Leeds Bradford and Aberdeen. There are now up to three flights in each direction on Mondays and Thursdays. Morning flights from Leeds Bradford now depart at 0700, arriving in Aberdeen at 0810, while morning flights leave Aberdeen at 0840, arriving at Leeds Bradford at 0950. There is also now a 1735 departure from Leeds Bradford and a Leeds by night later 1915 service from Aberdeen. Merchant Quarter, Aberdeen Competition winners for Eastern Airways magazine 43 The winner of a two-night luxury golf break at Close House, near Newcastle, in our March issue is Steve Ogden, from Yarm. The winners of Chapter 6 award-winning English whisky in our Puzzle Page are George Slesser, from Ellon, near Aberdeen and Tam Denholm, from Bathgate. The winner of lessons at Jesmond Dene Real Tennis Club, Newcastle is Jibril Okin, from Cove, Aberdeen. 7 Yorkshire.com / Aberdeen City Council A leading designer and manufacturer of bespoke metering, hydraulic control systems and produced water treatment solutions Stand #C60 Metering Produced Hydraulic Systems Customer Manufacturer Water Treatment Manufacturer Service Wickwar • Aberdeen • Great Yarmouth • Dubai • Dammam • Moscow • Singapore www.alderley.com n US-based private equity firm KSL HELPING BIRMINGHAM KEEP ON TRACK Capital Partners has acquired UK Eastern Airways has helped boutique hotel chains Malmaison Birmingham Airport to maintain and Hotel du Vin and plans to invest its excellent aircraft track-keeping significantly in the portfolio of 27 hotels performance, with 99 per cent of all and expand both brands in the UK and departing aircraft staying “on track” internationally. to avoid the most densely populated A new Malmaison will open in Dundee surrounding areas last year. in September and there are plans The airport has invested heavily in to convert an existing property in St monitoring aircraft track-keeping and Andrews to a Hotel du Vin by early holds regular meetings with airlines, 2014. air traffic managers and operational KSL already owns The Belfry, in the staff to ensure that they are aware of Pictured at the Pathfinder Awards West Midlands, as well as a number of the noise and track-keeping policies.