Airspace

(asked on 25th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to mandate controlled airspace at air traffic control airports.


Answered by
Robert Courts Portrait
Robert Courts
Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2021

The Government has no such plans. Any proposal to amend the specific classification of UK airspace must follow the Civil Aviation Authority’s CAP1616 airspace change process. This requires active engagement and consultation with stakeholders and the airspace change sponsor must be able to demonstrate that its proposal is safe and consistent with relevant UK aviation policy such as the Airspace Modernisation Strategy.

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