Regional Airports 2024-10-10
2024-10-10
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Q1
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The resilience of regional airports is under scrutiny, particularly regarding their financial plans and operations.
What steps she is taking to ensure the resilience of regional airports. Although airports are responsible for their own resilience and financial plans, the Department continues to engage with the industry to ensure that operations are as resilient as possible.
Although airports are responsible for their own resilience and financial plans, the Department continues to engage with the industry to ensure that operations are as resilient as possible. Furthermore, my officials are actively exploring opportunities for improving the resilience of the sector.
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Assessment & feedback
Specific steps being taken by the government were not detailed, only mentioned in general terms.
Exploring Opportunities
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Q2
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Cornwall airport, Newquay faces increasing regulatory burdens which may affect its financial stability. The council is exploring funding options but these could add more costs.
Aviation at Cornwall airport, Newquay, is under threat from increasing regulatory burdens, leading its owner, Cornwall council, to explore costly funding options that could put this aviation business on an even less stable footing, despite its clear benefit to the public good and the local economy. Will the Minister outline the steps being taken to ensure that there is an adequate strategy in place to support airports in meeting these increasing regulatory burdens?
As my hon. Friend knows, the UK aviation market predominantly operates in the private sector, and regulatory costs are common to several industries. My Department is working with the aviation industry to understand the impact of these costs, and I am sure he will continue to champion the public service obligation route between Newquay and London, which enables more passengers to use Newquay airport.
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Assessment & feedback
Specific steps to address regulatory burdens on Cornwall Airport were not provided.
Understanding Impacts
Championing Public Service Obligation
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