EGNOS

(asked on 11th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in developing a cost-effective alternative to the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service to deliver similar or better poor visibility navigational operation.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 18th January 2022

The exact landing procedures in place at each licensed UK aerodrome can be found in the UK’s Aeronautical Information Publication which is available on the “nats-uk.ead.it” website at no cost.

There are no UK heliports operating scheduled services which have Point in Space approach navigation procedures, but several helicopter operators are in discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority about establishing such procedures.

The UK’s participation in the EGNOS programme ended on 25 June 2021. Since that date no UK airports, other than the three Channel Islands airports, have any arrival procedures in place linked to EGNOS Working Agreements or should be preparing to use them.

There has been no such assessment of the costs to the aviation industry of establishing the EGNOS procedures.

The Government is continuing to assess the impact on the aviation sector of the UK’s withdrawal from the EGNOS programme but has yet to determine whether there needs to be any UK-led EGNOS replacement.

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