By Peter Tremayne Cornwall’s proposed spaceport is advertising for an apprentice business administrator.  The job has a salary of £16,822 and applications close on 1st February. The job is...

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council’s £10 million gamble on a Newquay spaceport suddenly looks like a much more manageable risk, after Richard Branson successfully deployed satellites to orbit last...

By Graham Smith Richard Branson appears to have successfully launched his rocket into space - the first time anyone in the world has ever used a horizontal launch technique...

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council and Newquay spaceport officials will be following their Twitter accounts closely this afternoon (Sunday) for news of Richard Branson’s second attempt to reach orbit....

By Peter Tremayne Spaceport Cornwall, due to host Britain’s first horizontal-launch satellite system at Newquay Airport, has appointed Melissa Thorpe as interim project director. Her appointment brings to three...

By Peter Tremayne Hopes that the proposed Newquay spaceport might find out today (Wednesday) if its only potential launch partner knows how to reach space have again been postponed....

By Peter Tremayne An attempt to launch several NASA satellites using Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit horizontal-launch system, which had been scheduled for Sunday, has now been moved to next...

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport has bowed to the inevitable and suspended flight operations because of the rapidly rising numbers of Covid-19 infections in Cornwall. The two main carriers,...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson has pencilled in next Sunday for his next attempt to put a rocket into space. Mr Branson’s LauncherOne is now scheduled to ignite at...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson says he now hopes to get his Virgin Orbit project into space “in mid January” after a Covid-19 outbreak left him with insufficient staff...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson has halted the countdown to his next satellite rocket launch, which had been due to fly on Saturday (19th December), because too many of...

By Peter Tremayne Virgin Orbit is due to make another attempt to escape the Earth’s gravity next Saturday (19th December) despite yesterday’s failure of its sister company, Virgin Galactic,...

By Peter Tremayne Flights from Newquay Airport are due to resume next week, for the first time since the country went into national Covid-19 lockdown on 5th November. A...

By Peter Tremayne Virgin boss Richard Branson has announced a new date for his attempt to launch a satellite – two weeks earlier than his previously published date. The...

By Graham Smith Newquay Airport is to close on Monday (9th November) due to the latest Covid-19 “Lockdown 2.” Flights between Newquay and Manchester, Leeds and Teesside appear to...

By Richard Whitehouse and Peter Tremayne The leader of Cornwall Council says he will continue to press for government funding to help Cornwall Airport Newquay amid fears it could...

By Peter Tremayne The proposed Cornwall spaceport has been shortlisted as “deal” of the year in the South West Property Awards, organised by the business-to-business publication Insider Media. Inclusion...

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport looks set to increase its role as a magnet for people travelling to Cornwall from Covid-19 hotspots in England when Leeds-Bradford moves to the...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson is trying to raise another $150 million for his Virgin Orbit project, upon which depend Cornwall Council’s hopes of a spaceport at Newquay. The...

By Richard Whitehouse Cornwall Council’s head of finance has said that Newquay airport is not viable.  The government has offered a loan but Cornwall Council is asking ministers for...

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By Peter Tremayne Virgin Orbit has released a new video, describing the company’s preparations for its next attempt to reach space.  Virgin's first rocket crashed in May, posing questions...

By Graham Smith Richard Branson has abandoned hope of reaching orbit this year.  The tycoon is now promising to put his LauncherOne rocket into space shortly after midnight on...

By Peter Tremayne Loganair and Eastern Airways have both announced new flights between Manchester and Newquay. The Eastern Airways service was announced earlier this year, but then put on...

By Peter Tremayne The government has rejected a request for public subsidy of flights between Newquay and Manchester, Newquay Airport managing director Pete Downes confirmed today (Thursday.) However Mr...

By Peter Tremayne The viability of Newquay airport will come under the microscope later today when managers provide an update on the current business situation, following the latest Covid-19...

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council might not have long to wait before learning if it needs to find an alternative operator for its proposed Newquay spaceport, as Richard Branson...

By Peter Tremayne The next “test” flight of Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit rocket could also be its last, if the rocket again fails, according to space flight analysts. This...

By Peter Tremayne Virgin Orbit has said its first attempted rocket launch failed because of a fuel-pipe rupture which will take several months to fix.  It means the timetable...

By Peter Tremayne Virgin Orbit has made its first public statement for several weeks about when the company might try again to launch its rocket, following the failure of...

By Richard Whitehouse Tuk tuks could be seen on the streets of Newquay next year after a licence was granted for a new company looking to run a service...

By Julia Penhaligon Cornwall’s air links with London will resume on Friday, July 24, with British Airways operating services between Newquay and Heathrow. BA will initially begin operating three...

By Julia Penhaligon The Covid-19 “temporary” mortuary at Newquay Airport is costing £294 per week to maintain, according to a Freedom of Information answer.  The facility has never been...

By Rashleigh MacFarlane The “temporary” 900-space mortuary at Newquay Airport will remain in place for the foreseeable future, Cornwall Council has confirmed. A decision whether to decommission the £1.4...

By Richard Whitehouse Up to 36 jobs could be lost at Newquay airport after it was decided that a major restructure was needed due to the loss of business...

By Peter Tremayne The future of the proposed Newquay Spaceport will be discussed, for the first time in several months, at next week’s Cornwall Council cabinet meeting. The meeting...

By Peter Tremayne Eastern Airways has today (Wednesday) announced that it will operate a new route from Cornwall Airport Newquay to Leeds Bradford. The route will commence on 9th...

By Peter Tremayne Eastern Airways is to operate a new route between Newquay Airport and Teesside, Middlesborough, from 6th July. The route will operate up to three times per...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson has said it is still not clear what caused his rocket to crash on Monday evening, posing new questions about plans for a Newquay...

By Graham Smith Virgin Orbit has this morning (Tuesday) released very limited information about what went wrong with last night’s test flight of its LauncherOne rocket, upon which rest...

By Peter Tremayne Cornwall Council plans to spend £12 million building a Newquay Spaceport for Richard Branson have suffered a major blow, after the tycoon’s first serious attempt at...

By Peter Tremayne Newquay Airport is to ask Cornwall Council for an increased annual subsidy when it reopens for business in July.  The extra cash is likely to be...

By Peter Tremayne Richard Branson says he is ready to try again this evening (6pm) to fire his LauncherOne rocket for the first time – as Cornwall Council can...

By Graham Smith The clock is ticking down to what Richard Branson hopes will be the first powered flight of his satellite rocket – upon which depend Cornwall Council’s...