Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to adapt the UK's airspace to reflect technological changes which enable aircraft to take-off and land more safely and accurately.

The Government supports the implementation of the Civil Aviation Authority’s Future Airspace Strategy which sets out the long-term vision for the modernisation of UK’s airspace. The CAA is due to revise this strategy later this year.

The maintenance of air safety and the need for more accurate navigation are key components of the strategy, and both will be assisted by, for example, the use at airports and aerodromes of new satellite-based instrument approach and departure procedures and Ground-Based Augmentation Systems.