From its new, fully accredited facility at London Oxford airport Volare can purchase, refurbish, manage and maintain owners' helicopters, all under one roof.

API's performance enhancing Blended Winglets for the Hawker 800 series purport to reduce drag by over seven per cent at long range cruise. Volare, based in Oxford, UK, has performed a successful installation.

Dustin Dryden believes that there is plenty of scope to modernise the helicopter charter business. Using a fleet of Agusta A109s and supported by an easy-to-use app, he wants to make flight booking as easy as Uber.