Forthcoming Events:
High Flyer to Give Talk on Transforming Heathrow Airport
On Thursday 18th September, the Alderney Flying Club has invited The Chief Solutions Officer at Heathrow Airport, Helen Elsby, to give a talk at 1830 in the Anne French Room.
As the Chief Solutions Officer at Heathrow Airport, Helen is accountable for all transformational change at Heathrow. She leads a team to deliver integrated solutions utilising all the change levers available – process, people, technology and infrastructure. She is accountable for delivering Heathrow’s 6 strategic programmes – c£4bn of investment over 5 years – covering a range of projects from asset management, airport efficiency through to our multi-year programme to achieve our carbon reduction targets and wider sustainability goals. More recently, she has been responsible for a £100 million project to resurface the airport’s southern runway.
Helen Elsby is also accountable for procuring all of Heathrow’s suppliers to, not only deliver products and services to the operation, but to contribute to our strategic goals of sustainability, diversity and inclusion and innovation. She is accountable for the day to day operation of Heathrow’s vast technology estate and cyber defence. Helen has spent her entire career in aviation, with the majority of time delivering construction projects, transforming Heathrow for the benefit of the 80m passengers traveling through the airport each year.
Although this talk is primarily for Alderney Flying Club members it is open to anyone who is interested in hearing from a member of Heathrow Airport’s Executive Team more about the workings of the second-busiest airport in the world (by international passenger traffic). There is no charge but it would be appreciated if those wanting to attend could email events@flyalderney.com.
Membership
If you are interested in aviation in Alderney or the wider Channel Islands we would be delighted to welcome you as a member. We are a small informal club comprising both pilots and non-pilots. Outside of our Annual AGM in June we meets four times a year in one of the local hostelries, sometimes followed by dinner, with ad hoc events such as BBQs on one of the island forts.However, our main event of the year is organising the annual Fly-In.scheduled for 05-07 September 2025
Membership Application Form:
AFC membership is open to anyone with an interest in flying. Annual membership is just £25.
If you would like to join or would like more information, please contact chairman@flyalderney.com
AFC Committee Members
David Earl – Chairman
Alan Hussey – Secretary
Al Paton – Treasurer & Membership
Alex Dain – Events
Other AFC Team Members
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