Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2009 | Page 112

life LOCAL BUSINESS Hordlewalhampton School Palm Air launch new Boeing 737 Warmth from Green Air Bournemouth's If you’ve bought a new house and in Europe, giving them recently you’ll already have access to the latest technology airline Palmair has unveiled the some aspect of renewable and up to date government latest member of its team, an energy installed in your initiatives. £8m Boeing 737-500 named house, as building regulations Pure Green offer total ‘The Spirit of Peter Bath.’ The 126–seat aircraft, which demand it, but an older consultancy, conducting an house can be converted. examination of your building has been purchased from Pure Green Energy is able to to discover the heat loss from British Airways, is faster, offer a renewable solution to each room and then designing more fuel efficient and can virtually any size of project and a system to suit you. This will fly further than the tour any age of building at a very almost definitely involve an operator’s previous aircraft. reasonable cost. insulation programme, and It was officially launched then might utilise an air source and named on Tuesday May going to run out very soon – heat pump, a ground heat 12th in a special ceremony the more self sustainable you source pump, Biomass and/or at Bournemouth Airport by are the better,” said Danny solar solutions. Mrs Elizabeth Bath, the wife “Fossil fuels in the UK are Fisher of Pure Green Energy. “One of our biggest problems of Palmair founder Peter Bath who died in 2006. “The message we want to is educating the public. We’re get across is that we’re a one in the stone age really – it’s stop shop for all forms of been on the continent for a registration G-PJPJ – after alternative energy, particularly very long time,” said Danny the nickname ‘PJ’ by which of the renewable kind.” with particular reference to Mr Bath was affectionately air and ground source systems known. From large country houses to The aircraft also bears the "This is just the aircraft my small semi-detached cottages, which can be used to heat or Pure Green has been carrying cool. Pure Green Energy is able father would have loved to out installations both on the to source government grants see flying for Palmair," said Island and as far afield as for customers, where projects Bath Travel’s Joint Managing Cornwall and the Midlands. qualify, through the Approved Director, Stephen Bath. "He The company has a high Installers Programme. would have been immensely profile through its network T: [phone] proud." of partners on the mainland [email protected] Palmair’s Managing Director, David Skillicorn, added: "This 112 is a major investment by Palmair especially at a difficult time for the aviation industry. "It shows that we mean business as far as our own future is concerned. We’ve been offering holidays from Bournemouth for over 50 years and we fully intend to be here in another fifty." Renowned for its reliability, simplicity and low maintenance and operating costs, the Boeing 737 is the most popular and successful commercial airliner ever built. The aircraft will be operated with Palmair’s flying partners Astraeus Airlines and maintained by European Aviation at Bournemouth Airport. When you book Palmair and pay in full, Bath Travel will give you 5% off and guarantee your holiday against price increases. This offer applies to holidays in the new winter brochure which covers November 2009 - April 2010 departures. For details see Bath Travel Ad page 18.