A new route to primarily serve a new energy sector was a poignant way to celebrate 25 years of Eastern Airways.
The Kirmington-based airline first flew to support the oil industry in December 1997, with co-founder Richard Lake OBE joining the inaugural flight from Humberside to Esbjerg, as two offshore wind hubs were united this week.
Linking the booming Aberdeen production and exploration hub with refining knowledge and wider skills was a driver back then, just as the large scale construction and deployment of the leading renewable electricity generators is now.
