FlightGlobal
{{Short description|Online news website on aviation}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox website
| name = FlightGlobal
| logo = Flightglobal logo.svg
| screenshot = FlightGlobal screenshot.webp
| url = {{url|https://www.flightglobal.com/}}
| alexa =
| commercial = Yes
| type = Aerospace news
| owner = DVV Media Group
| author =
| editor =
| launch_date = 2006
| registration = Subscription required to access unlimited articles.
| current_status = Online
| language = British English
}}
FlightGlobal is an online news and information website which covers the aviation and aerospace industries.
The website was established in February 2006{{cite web|url=http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/477899 |title=news.thomasnet.com |publisher=news.thomasnet.com |date=2006-02-20 |access-date=2014-03-14}} as the website of Flight International magazine, Airline Business, ACAS, Air Transport Intelligence (ATI), The Flight Collection and other services and directories.
FlightGlobal has a picture library of over 1 million images, starting with the foundation of Flight in 1909. Thousands of images and back copies of Flight were searchable online but from June 2020 they are only available with a paid subscription to Flight Global Premium.{{cite web |title=Flight Global Premium FAQs |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/faqs-flightglobal/138587.article |website=flightglobal.com |access-date=24 March 2024}}{{cite web |title=Digital Issues of Flight International |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/digital-issues-of-flight-international |website=flightglobal |access-date=24 March 2024}}
FlightGlobal won the prize for "Business Website of the Year" at the Association of Online Publishers' Digital Publishing Awards 2010. According to the contest judges, "The site uses the full spectrum of digital tools, with a special focus on engagement and effective use of social media in a B2B [business-to-business] environment".{{cite web |title=2010 AOP Awards winners in full |date=10 June 2010 |publisher=Association of Online Publishers |url=http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/2010aopawardwinners2131.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420050531/http://www.ukaop.org.uk/news/2010aopawardwinners2131.html |archive-date=20 April 2013}}
In August 2019, FlightGlobal and its associated divisions (except analytics and consulting divisions, which were retained by RELX as Cirium) were sold to DVV Media Group.{{Cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/110-years-of-flight/powering-into-our-eleventh-decade/135869.article |title=Powering into our eleventh decade |last=Kingsley-Jones |first=Max |date=19 December 2019 |website=FlightGlobal |access-date=2020-04-09}}
History
FlightGlobal publishes the weekly Flight International{{cite web | url=https://www.flightglobal.com/110-years-of-flight/flight-international-refresh-and-our-first-decade-/131505.article | title=Flight International refresh – and our first decade }} magazine, which marked its 110th anniversary in 2019, and established boardroom strategy title Airline Business, which entered its 35th year in 2020. It also produces multiple daily publications produced and circulated on site at air shows and key industry events globally, including the Paris and Farnborough air shows. In 2019, RELX rebranded Flight Global data and analytics services to Cirium.{{Cite web |title=RELX launches Cirium |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/relx-launches-cirium-14257 |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=inpublishing.co.uk}} FlightGlobal was part of Cirium, in a unit of Reed Business Information, until mid-2019, when it was acquired by DVV Media - a publisher of more than 80 brands, including magazines, newspapers, newsletters, books, directories, and websites.
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