Written questions

Airspace

2026-06-21 · Department for Transport · 11818 · Official question

Shivani Raja

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount of fuel burn resulting from the time taken for Free Route Airspace implementation.

Answer

Following the implementation of the Free Route Airspace over Scotland, NATS have calculated a predicted reduction of emissions by approximately 17,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year.