Jim McMahon – 2020 Comments on Support for the Aviation Sector

The comments made by Jim McMahon, the Shadow Transport Secretary, on 24 November 2020.

The Government promised support for the aviation sector in March, this is not it. The Government has again been incompetently slow to react. They’ve had months to set up airport testing and months to sort out the flaws of their quarantine proposals.

It will take a long time to recover from the impact of the virus. The Government must come up with the sector-specific plan it promised for the aviation sector and its supply chain that supports almost a quarter of a million jobs and protects the environment.