Aviation News
TSC Report – Impact of Coronavirus on Aviation
The Transport Select Committee’s report titled: ‘The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation sector’ was published on 13th June 2020 and can be seen here.
COVID-19 Impact on Aviation Paper
An Arcadis/RDC article titled: 'COVID-19 Impact on Aviation Overview' may be seen here.
DfT Paper: Decarbonising Transport
A document just published by the DfT titled: "Decarbonising Transport: Setting the Challenge" can be seen here.
Letter Regarding Climate Change
A letter from Committee on Climate Change Chairman, Lord Deben, to the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, about net-zero and the approach to international aviation and shipping emission (IAS) can be read here.
SASIG 20th Anniversary Event at House of Commons
On 10th July 2019, SASIG celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an event at the House of Commons. The Press Release can be read here.
Westminster Forum
On 30th April 2019, the SASIG Chairman was one of the guest speakers at the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Seminar: Priorities for the UK Aviation Strategy - infrastructure, innovation and global connectivity. A note of his speech and...
ACI Europe report: February 2019
The ACI Europe airport traffic report for February 2019 showing that average passenger traffic rose by 5% compared to the same month last year may be seen here. ACI Europe report-Feb. 2019
CAA: Economic regulation of capacity expansion at Heathrow: policy update and consultation
On 29th May 2019, the CAA published a policy update and further consultation (CAP1782) on the economic regulation of capacity expansion at Heathrow. This consultation will run until May 24th 2019. It is a follow-on document to CAP1722 published in October 2018 and...
Aviation 2050: green paper consultation period extended
On 1st March 2019, the DfT extended the Aviation 2050 green paper consultation period until 20th June 2019. Further details may be seen here. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/aviation-2050-the-future-of-uk-aviation
CAA publishes General Aviation Strategy: 2018-23
On 29th January 2019, the CAA published CAP1754 - General Aviation Strategy 2018-23. The updated strategy compliments Government and wider CAA strategy and is aimed at supporting General Aviation in the UK. The document can be seen here. CAA GA Strategy NEW 2018-23