Aviation: Training
Commons · Question 30829 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the closure of small training airfields on (a) local rural economies and (b) the availability of aviation training.
Answer
Answered by Mike Kane, 18 Feb 2025
We recognise the role small airfields play in General Aviation as a gateway for individuals to develop their career aspirations in the aviation sector. Ministers do not routinely intervene in local planning and any consideration of directions to modify lo...