Charles Alcock
Managing Editor
Charles Alcock is managing editor of the AIN Media Group, having rejoined the company in 2019. He has been an aviation journalist since 1986, and previously worked for AIN from 1990 to 2017, most recently as editor-in-chief. His main focus is on covering new aviation technology and business models, as well as international news.
Having been raised in the London area, Alcock studied at the University of Manchester in the UK and earned an honors degree in Politics and Modern History. He speaks English and French, and some German.
Latest from Charles Alcock
Regulations and Government
UK Hits Aircraft Operators with Extra ETS Admin Fees
Aircraft operators assigned to the UK for compliance with the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU-ETS) are already facing additional “subsistence”
Aircraft
GKN To Build HondaJet Fuselage
GKN Aerospace has been selected to build the entire fuselage for the HondaJet, the UK-based aerostructures specialist said today at a press conference in L
Charter & Fractional
Jet Connections Helps Business Aircraft Owners Share
Business aircraft owners struggling to cover their costs now have an alternative to traditional aircraft management through the new Non-Equity Sharers (NES
AIN Blog: Brits Wage Bogus Class War Over ‘Learjet Levy’
Britain’s coalition government–composed of an exotic combination of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats–is at war with itself in more ways than one.
Charter & Fractional
Charter Demand Climbs but Prices Fluctuate
Despite charter flight demand continuing to rise over the past month, flight-hour rates have softened.
Environment
What are the limits of Europe’s ETS?
It is astonishing to many operators outside Europe, but under the European Union’s emissions trading scheme they are accountable for their engines’ carbon
Environment
Crunch time for emissions verification
by Charles Alcock
Hundreds of aircraft operators in Europe and around the world were scrambling last month to meet the March 31 deadline to c
Aircraft
Embraer Sees Slower Bizjet Recovery
Embraer is more convinced that business aviation is facing a slow recovery than it was last year, when it last issued its forecast for the executive aviati
UK Pushes for Tax on Bizjet Flights
The UK government is contemplating taxing business-jet passengers in a process that would mirror the countryÕs existing airline passenger duty (APD).
Aircraft
Europeans To Honor Bizav Leaders
Nominations have opened for the European Business Aviation Award, which is presented each year during the Ebace show.
Aircraft
Rules, Safety and Access Dominate EBACE Agenda
As usual, the Ebace conference agenda will be packed with topical deliberations on key issues facing Europe’s business aviation community.
Aircraft
EBACE Preview
With Europe’s economy facing another year of uncertainty, the 2011 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (Ebace) will open to a business aviat
Regulations and Government
Operators Push to Meet Looming ETS Deadline
Hundreds of aircraft operators in Europe and around the world are scrambling to meet this Thursday’s deadline to complete the requirements for monitoring,
Charter & Fractional
Avinode sees strengthening market for charter
by Charles Alcock
Light jets are losing market share in Europe, falling from 32 percent of the continent’s charter market in 2008 to 26 perce
India is bizav land of opportunity, but deals don’t come easy
The market for business aircraft in India
Chinese pockets are deep enough for bizav boom
Chinese companies are at the forefront of efforts to provide the capital needed to expand that country’s business aircraft fleet via finance and operating
Finance crowd calls bizav recovery into question
by Charles Alcock
The business aviation industry has now passed rock-bottom in what has been a cyclical dip of historic proportions, but the
Aircraft
Japan Earthquake Sends Tremors Through Airline Sector
Airlines are starting to count the financial cost of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated large areas of northeastern Japan on March 11.
Aircraft
India’s Bizjet Fleet Growing at Breakneck Pace
There were 136 private jets registered in India as of mid-March, according to new data published by the Firestone Management Group.
Charter & Fractional
Amid Bahrain Violence, Nexus Shifts Ops to Saudi Arabia
Middle East business aviation support group Nexus is relocating its main operations center to Saudi Arabia in response to violent political upheaval in Bah
Charter & Fractional
UK Pushes for Tax on Bizjet Flights
The UK government signaled its intention yesterday to start taxing business-jet passengers in a process that would mirror the country’s existing airline pa
Charter & Fractional
Lufthansa Confirms NetJets Deal, Reveals Growth Plans
Lufthansa Private Jets confirmed the relaunch of its partnership with NetJets Europe, following the closure of its Swiss Private Aviation subsidiary.
Heli-Expo 2011: Milestone Aviation Logs $141 Million in Helicopter Leases, $64 Million More In the Works
Milestone Aviation Group (Booth No.
Heli-Expo 2011: Milestone Aviation Logs $141 Million in Helicopter Leases, $64 Million More In the Works
Milestone Aviation Group (Booth No.
More operators turn to Jet-Care for clean bill of engine health
The past 12 months have seen Jet-Care (Booth No.
Thales adds new TopDeck features for S-76D
Thales is adding four new functions to the TopDeck avionics suite it has developed for Sikorsky’s new S-76D.
Eurocopter brings training and support closer to operators
Eurocopter’s new North Sea Service Centre at Aberdeen in the northeast of Scotland is the blueprint for the manufacturer’s concerted effort to locate produ
Goodrich extends HUMS benefits to midsized sector
Sikorsky’s new S-76D is the latest application for the Vigor health usage and management system (HUMS) developed by Goodrich’s Sensors and Integrated Syste
