Aviation

(asked on 22nd October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's news story, Government champion raises profile for general aviation, published on 7 February 2018, when he plans to implement the general aviation strategic network.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 30th October 2018

The Government has appointed Byron Davies as its first ever General Aviation Champion, in order to identify a network of strategically important airfields and to help the future development of the general aviation sector. He is being assisted by York Aviation, which the Department has commissioned to carry out research on airfields of strategic significance. The Government intends to publish his report and the York Aviation report alongside the Aviation Strategy Green Paper later this year. The Government will only be able to take decisions on implementing a general aviation strategic network once the General Aviation Champion has made his recommendations and consultation has concluded on the Aviation Strategy Green Paper.

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