{"id":3430,"date":"2026-05-22T10:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:04:37","slug":"urgent-update-on-this-years-royal-international-air-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/urgent-update-on-this-years-royal-international-air-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent Update on this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images-26\/cancelledjpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is with great disappointment&nbsp;that we are letting you know&nbsp;this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo will not be taking place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;understand&nbsp;how much RIAT means to so many people; our visitors, volunteers, partners, and the wider community who return year after year. We know the memories, traditions, and anticipation that build around the event.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has not been an easy decision. It follows extensive discussions with the Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;uncertainty&nbsp;over&nbsp;access to&nbsp;RAF Fairford,&nbsp;given&nbsp;the ongoing situation in the Middle East.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to thank you for your continued support and understanding. Everyone who has&nbsp;purchased&nbsp;a ticket will be offered the choice to roll over their tickets to RIAT27, receive a full refund, or donate the cost of their tickets to the RAF Charitable Trust, supporting our wider charitable work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gavin Gager, Chief?Executive Officer of Royal Air Force Charitable Trust Enterprises, said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe know how much&nbsp;RIAT&nbsp;means to&nbsp;everyone,&nbsp;and&nbsp;recognise how disappointing this news will be. It is a disappointment we feel just as strongly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe would like to thank everyone for their support, loyalty, and understanding.&nbsp;Looking ahead, we&nbsp;remain&nbsp;fully committed to returning in 2027, and to making sure RIAT comes back stronger than ever. We very much look forward to welcoming you all again.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.airtattoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.airtattoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great disappointment&nbsp;that we are letting you know&nbsp;this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo will not be taking place.&nbsp; We&nbsp;understand&nbsp;how much RIAT means to so many people; our visitors, volunteers, partners, and the wider community who return year after year. We know the memories, traditions, and anticipation that build around the event.&nbsp; This has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/uk-airshow-news\/urgent-update-on-this-years-royal-international-air-tattoo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Urgent Update on this year\u2019s Royal International Air Tattoo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[364,45,10,179],"class_list":["post-3430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk-airshow-news","tag-364","tag-may","tag-news","tag-royal-international-air-tattoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3432,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3430\/revisions\/3432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}