Press Release

Issued by Kemble Air Services.

February 26, 2018

The directors of Cotswold Airport in Kemble are delighted to announce the appointment of Christian Ackroyd as the new airport manager. Christian joins Cotswold Airport from the army senior leadership team with REME Regiment, where he served for 20 years. Christian's record of active service includes Bosnia, Kosovo, twice in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan. He also served in Canada, Poland and the US for operational training, including a two-year exchange with the US Army. Academically Chris holds an engineering degree and two masters in defence studies and strategic leadership management.

Christian's role at Cotswold Airport is to streamline the operational development of the aerodrome, with a particular focus on achieving a GNSS approach to enable increased operational capability in adverse weather for both general aviation and commercial airliners. Overall Christian will be driving diversification of aviation related activities and is developing a five-year strategic plan to grow this sector of the business. He will report direct to the board.

Christian has a long-standing personal passion for aviation and obtained his PPL two years ago. He takes to the skies regularly and will be flying out of Cotswold Airport as frequently as his new role allows.

Christian said: 'I am delighted to be working at Cotswold Airport and am excited about what the future holds for both aviation and non-aviation business. The aerodrome has incredible potential for growth and new GNSS approach will undoubtedly change the operational face of the business.'