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Air Harrods

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Air Harrods Limited is the aircraft charter brokering arm of the Harrods company based at London Stansted Airport.[1]

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Customers vary immensely; news footage has shown Tony Blair travelling to the G8 summit on board an Air Harrods helicopter which was commissioned by MI5 to offset security concerns.[2] The use of one Air Harrods helicopter was donated for a special of Challenge Anneka in 2007. The helicopter was used to transport some ill children to a choir performance.

On 7 May 2010, Air Harrods was sold as part of its parent group to a Qatari sovereign investment group in a combined deal worth £1.5bn.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Air Harrods stocks twin turboshaft EC135 at Stansted". Flight Global. 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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    Brace, Matthew (April 28, 1997). Independent. Election `97: Fayed helicopter transports Blair. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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    Thurber, Matt (May 25, 2010). Aviation International News. Harrods sold to Qatar holdings. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
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