Air cargo pays tribute after the loss of 'one of its greats' – Chris Foyle

Freight businesses in general have few heroes, and today there is one fewer with the death of Air Foyle’s Chris Foyle yesterday.

Born into the famous Foyle’s bookshop family in January 1943, William Richard Mervyn Christopher Foyle was trained in the art of commerce at the West End shop before entering the world of aviation with the Royal Air Force section of the Combined Cadet Force.

He founded Air Foyle in 1978 with one Piper Aztec and rapidly grew the company, becoming ...