Airtime was founded in 1991 with the initial concept of supplying pooled news coverage from Heathrow Airport. A reputation for fast, accurate coverage was enhanced by a series of internationally-important stories with Airtime footage appearing regularly on
the main news programmes.

Supply contracts with the key broadcasters rapidly followed and the company became a first point of call for TV stations wanting images of newsworthy figures on the move.

The Airtime portfolio has expanded rapidly since the early days and now encompasses public relations, b-roll maintenance, corporate video production and archive sales.

The company is a member of the Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries.