Key Publishing is a magazine publishing company specialising in aviation titles, based in

Stamford, Lincolnshire Stamford is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 19,701 and estimated at 20,645 in 2019. The town has 17th- and 18th-century stone buildings, older timber ...

, England.

History

Airliner World ''Airliner World'' is an aviation magazine published by Key Publishing in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. In the United States, the magazine is distributed from the Key Publishing office in Avenel, New Jersey. The first edition of ''Airliner Wo ...

'' was launched in 1999. In 2005 it launched ''

Airports of the World ''Airports of the World'' is a bi-monthly magazine which looks at the people and companies that make up many of the world's airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. They usually ...

'', and in the same year it bought ''PC Pilot'' (originally launched in 1999), the world's best selling flight simulation magazine. In October 2009, Key Publishing bought Spain's leading aviation magazine ''Avion Revue'', and its Latin American (Mexico and Argentina) editions, formerly owned by Motor Presse - Ibérica (a division of Europe's largest publishing firm -

Gruner + Jahr Gruner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader * Eduard Gruner, Swiss engineer * Elioth Gruner (1882–1939), Australian painter * Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717–1778), Swiss ca ...

). This magazine, along with ''Avion & Piloto'', is published by Key Publishing Spain. In March 2010, it bought the title '' Aviation News'', which is Britain's longest established monthly aviation journal. ''Airfix Model World'' launched on 4 November 2010, in partnership with

Airfix Airfix is a British brand and former manufacturing company which produced Injection moulding, injection-moulded plastic model, plastic scale model kits. In the UK, the name 'Airfix' has become practically synonymous with plastic models of this typ ...

. In March 2012, Key Publishing acquired several magazines previously published by

Ian Allan Publishing Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. It was founded by Ian Allan. In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo ...

. Titles included ''

Modern Railways ''Modern Railways'' is a monthly British magazine covering the rail transport industry, which was published by Ian Allan until March 2012 and Key Publishing since then. It has been published since 1962. The magazine was based originally in Shep ...

'', ''

Railways Illustrated ''Railways Illustrated'' is a British monthly railway magazine. Aimed at railway enthusiasts, it includes news, detail of stock changes, tours, and more. Founded in 2003 by Ian Allan Publishing, it was published by Key Publishing from 2012 ...

'', ''Vintage Roadscene'', ''Hornby Magazine'', ''Combat Aircraft'', ''Classic Aircraft'', and ''

Buses A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

''.

Products

As well as its core titles, it produces one-off titles for organisations such as the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the Air force, air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the World War I, First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of t ...

. It produces the directories for the Society of British Aircraft Companies and the British Aviation Group. It produces the souvenir programme for the

Farnborough Airshow The Farnborough International Airshow is a trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries, where civilian and military aircraft are demonstrated to potential customers and investors in Farnborough, Hampshire. Since its first show in ...

Titles

The following are publications of Key Publishing:Portfolio
Key Publishing

Websites

Key.AeroKey Model WorldAirForces DailyAirForces IntelligenceKey Shop

Structure

It is sited on the A6121 in the very north of Stamford, not far from the former Stamford branch of the Great Northern Railway and the

River Gwash The River Gwash, occasionally Guash, a tributary of the River Welland, flows through the Historic counties of England, English counties of Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire. It rises just outside the village of Knossington in Leicestersh ...

(a tributary of the River Welland).

References

External links

* {{Official website, www.keypublishing.com
Special publications (one-offs)

Aviation forums

AirForces Intelligence

Key Aero
1980 establishments in England Companies based in Stamford, Lincolnshire Publishing companies established in 1980 Magazine publishing companies of the United Kingdom Mass media in Lincolnshire Publishing companies of the United Kingdom South Kesteven District