Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Civil Aviation Authority regulations require small airports owned by local authorities, such as St Mary’s in Scilly, to consult stakeholders and users on proposed increases in airport charges.

The Civil Aviation Authority regulates airport charges through the Airport Charges Regulations 2011. These regulations apply to airports with more than 5 million passengers in the year two years prior to the current year. They require such airports to consult airlines about airport charges annually and to give at least 4 months’ notice of proposed changes to airport charges (unless there are exceptional circumstances).

All airports that have less than 5 million passengers in the year two years prior to the current year, including St. Mary’s airport in Scilly, are not bound by these regulations.