Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans there are for an air transport agreement which seeks to maintain reciprocal liberalised aviation access between and within the territory of the UK and the EU alongside UK participation in EASA.

The UK and EU have agreed a Political Declaration on the broad terms of the UK’s future relationship with the EU. It signals the ambition of both sides to agree a Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) that will provide for market access for UK and EU airlines, as well arrangements on ownership and control. It will also include provisions to facilitate cooperation on aviation safety, including the possibility of participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).