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Who has owned London Heliport?

History

Who has owned London Heliport?

Westland, Weston, von Essen/PremiAir, Reuben Brothers, Edmiston naming (Harrods link unverified)

Hero image: Waerfelu, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Westland, Weston, von Essen/PremiAir, Reuben Brothers, Edmiston naming (Harrods link unverified).

Key facts

  • 2003 Weston Homes (pointer)
  • 2007 PremiAir operator
  • 23 Feb 2012 Aldersgate Investments (Reuben Brothers) buy from Andrew Davis
  • 1 Aug 2019 Edmiston title sponsorship (pointer)

In date order

  1. museumsPreserved types in London and Somerset collections
    RAF Museum London (Hoverfly, Sycamore, Wessex HCC4, Sea King HAR3) and The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare (Sycamore, Whirlwind) - image records only. rafmuseum.org.uk
    Confidence: image record only
  2. 2007PremiAir takes over operation of Battersea heliport from Weston (von Essen contract)
    Flight International headline; page returned 403. PremiAir described as operator since 2007 by search summaries. flightglobal.com
    Confidence: headline only - page not retrieved
  3. 2012 (23 February)Reuben Brothers (Aldersgate Investments) buy London Heliport
    Seller: Andrew Davis, former boss of the collapsed von Essen Hotels. BBC reported GBP 35 million (via Wikipedia; BBC page blocked). travelweekly.co.uk
    Confidence: secondary (Travel Weekly); price from Wikipedia only

Pictures

London Heliport terminal and Hotel Verta, 2010
London Heliport terminal and Hotel Verta, 2010Waerfelu, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Westland Wessex HCC4 (Queen's Flight type) at the RAF Museum, Hendon
Westland Wessex HCC4 (Queen's Flight type) at the RAF Museum, Hendon[[User:Ad Meskens|Ad Meskens You are free to use this picture for any purpose as long as you credit its author, Ad Meskens. Example: © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons If you use this work outside of the Wikimedia projects, a message or a copy is very much appreciated. This image is not in the public domain. A statement such as "From Wikimedia Commons" or similar is not by itself sufficient. If you do not provide clear attribution to the author you do not comply with the terms of the file's license and you may not use this file. If you are unable or unwilling to provide attribution you should contact Ad Meskens to negotiate a different license. ]], CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Westland Wessex of The Queen's Flight (preserved), 2016
Westland Wessex of The Queen's Flight (preserved), 2016David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Sycamore at the RAF Museum, Hendon
Bristol Sycamore at the RAF Museum, Hendon[[User:Ad Meskens|Ad Meskens You are free to use this picture for any purpose as long as you credit its author, Ad Meskens. Example: © Ad Meskens / Wikimedia Commons If you use this work outside of the Wikimedia projects, a message or a copy is very much appreciated. This image is not in the public domain. A statement such as "From Wikimedia Commons" or similar is not by itself sufficient. If you do not provide clear attribution to the author you do not comply with the terms of the file's license and you may not use this file. If you are unable or unwilling to provide attribution you should contact Ad Meskens to negotiate a different license. ]], CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bristol Sycamore at The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-Mare
Bristol Sycamore at The Helicopter Museum, Weston-super-MareCC BY-SA 2.0
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Historical details differ between sources. We give the source for each entry and say where it is secondary.

Sources and checks

Facts on this page come from these sources, last checked 2026-11-03. Where a source could not be reached or did not say, we left the fact out.

  1. travelweekly.co.uk travelweekly.co.uk
  2. flightglobal.com flightglobal.com
  3. rafmuseum.org.uk rafmuseum.org.uk