Martin Richard Alexander Halstead (born 1986 or 1987[1]) is a pilot and former entrepreneur who founded two short-lived aviation businesses.
Alpha One Airways was due to launch its commercial services on the route linking Oxford and Cambridge with flights starting on 18 April 2005.
[2] Alpha One never operated any services on the route, although from 1 February 2006 another small airline, Sky Commuter, for a few weeks had scheduled flights linking the two university cities.
[3] After several changes of focus and false starts, the company eventually operated a route between the Isle of Man and Edinburgh using Piper Chieftain aircraft.
[6] The new company started services between Oxford and Edinburgh on 1 March 2010 and suspended operations one week later, after a take over by the aircraft leaser, LinksAir, fell through.