Haverfordwest consults on new instrument approaches
Haverfordwest airfield in Wales has begun a consultation process to introduce two instrument approaches at the airfield which has previously only been available for aircraft able to make a VFR approach. The proposed GNSS procedures will be available on runway 03 and 21, and the airfield estimates that around 6% of annual traffic, or 220 flight per year, would use the satellite-guided approaches. In July 2016, Haverfordwest Aerodrome...
Government ‘General Aviation Champion’ announced
The Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP, has announced that Byron Davies will be the Government’s first ever General Aviation Champion. Mr Grayling made the announcement at the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on General Aviation Christmas Reception on the Terrace of the House of Commons. The Reception was by over 80 members of the General Aviation community as well as Members of Parliament and Lords, and...
General Aviation All Party Parliamentary Group launched
A group of aviation-minded MPs have set-up an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to promote the interests of General Aviation within the UK political system. All Party Groups are cross-party groups that work across political party lines to pursue an objective on a subject. Chairman Byron Davies, Member of Parliament for Gower, said, “General Aviation faces a number of major issues in the United Kingdom from Brexit to the future of...
UK Aerodromes are Fighting to Survive
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on General Aviation has called on the Prime Minister and Transport Secretary to grant ‘official safeguarding’ status to all 123 licensed or certificated aerodromes in the United Kingdom. In letters to Prime Minister Theresa May, and the Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling, the 170-strong all-party group warns that “many of the UK’s aerodromes are facing serious battles for survival due to...
