On 24 December each year, UK airspace plays host to a very special visitor, someone to whom the normal rules of the air do not apply – Santa Claus.

Following the success of our two data visualisations – Europe 24 and North Atlantic Skies – we’ve taken a lot of time to think about where to go next. We are therefore very excited to publish UK 24 – your guided tour to some of what makes UK aviation work.

You may have heard the announcement made this week at the Farnborough Airshow that a number of locations across the UK are in the running to be the UK’s first spaceport, following a report by the Civil Aviation Authority.

What if the economics and technical challenges of hypersonic flight were conquered and the once exclusive world of Concorde-style travel was replaced with hypersonic possibilities?

Fashions – including in aviation – come and go…and come back again! But are we really ready for the return of the airship?

Can we really expect our online orders to be delivered by drone within the foreseeable future?