Airlines welcome Aviation Strategy Green Paper
The Board of Airline Representatives in the UK (BAR UK) has welcomed today’s launch of the long-awaited Aviation Strategy Green Paper.
The paper, due to be released later today, is expected to pledge to increase capacity at UK airports.
BAR UK said the paper comes at an important time where ‘an enabled and successful aviation sector will be essential to Britain’s future prosperity’.
Chief executive Dale Kelle said: "The UK has benefitted from a highly competitive aviation sector that pays its own way but airlines have been facing increasing infrastructure, taxation and regulatory challenges that are holding the sector back.
"This new Aviation Strategy marks the first fully integrated industrial strategy for the aviation sector and is a vital step to unlocking the full potential of aviation for consumers and the economy.
"We look forward to engaging with the Government to sense check their strategic proposals and to work together on the ambitious implementation schedule needed to achieve the industry’s and the Government’s aims."
The owner of Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports said it also wanted to work closely with the Government under the new strategy.
"The UK’s aviation sector underpins this Government’s aspirations for a global Britain. As it sets out proposals for a new aviation strategy, it is vital that Government focusses on how it can enable growth in both the short and the long term," it said.
"Airports like Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands are strategic national assets, connecting people and goods to the world. As MAG invests more than £1.5bn in our airports over the next five years, we want to work with Government to improve road and rail infrastructure around our airports to maximise the benefits of direct connectivity right across the country."
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