Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Civil Aviation Authority plans to publish its Post-Implementation Review of the introduction of RNAV at London Luton Airport; and will he make a statement.

The process for managing airspace changes in the UK rests with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

In August 2015, the CAA gave approval to Luton Airport to implement RNAV (Area Navigation) on its Runway 26 BPK departure routes. The change took effect in August 2015, and the CAA is now reviewing it as part of its Post Implementation Review (PIR) process.

To support the PIR, the CAA is seeking feedback, via a survey, on both the impacts of the RNAV change and the data provided by Luton Airport in support of the PIR. The survey closes on Monday 2 July 2018.

The CAA aims to review both the evidence provided by Luton Airport and the relevant feedback received from the survey with a view to publishing the completed PIR by the end of the year.