Lord Soley – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Soley on 2015-10-21.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential to reduce aviation emissions through improved air traffic management.

Viscount Younger of Leckie

The UK has set targets for the next five years for air traffic management aimed at reducing flying times and therefore aircraft emissions. These are in line with the environmental target contained within the EU performance scheme. In addition UK industry is actively involved in the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme which is developing new technology and operational procedures that will lead to further improvements in this area. This includes the implementation of the Civil Aviation Authority’s Future Airspace Strategy which has the need to reduce aviation emissions as a key objective.