Fifth Report - UK aviation: reform for take-off
Select Committee
Transport Committee
HC 683
25 April 2022
Government Response (AI assessment · 27 of 27 classified)
Accepted
4
Acknowledged
14
Deferred
4
Rejected
1
Recommendations
2 results
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Accepted
Para 105
The Government must take steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions as air transport movements increase.
Recommendation
The Government must take steps to limit greenhouse gas emissions as air transport movements increase. The Government should continue to invest in new aviation decarbonisation technologies, including synthetic aviation fuels, to ensure that the UK aviation sector emits less than …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees and outlines investments including £685m for the Aerospace Technology Institute and over £200m for the advanced fuels industry and SAF plants.
Department for Transport
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Accepted
The Government must introduce a market mechanism to support investment in sustainable aviation technologies.
Recommendation
The Government must introduce a market mechanism to support investment in sustainable aviation technologies. The Committee has been investigating market mechanisms that the Government might introduce to scale up alternative fuels in our ongoing inquiry, Fuelling the future: motive power …
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Government Response Summary
The Government acknowledges the aviation industry's role in achieving net zero targets, referencing existing funding and programmes like the Aerospace Technology Institute programme and the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).
Department for Transport
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Conclusions (2) Observations and findings — click to expand
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Conclusion
Accepted
Para 29
The way in which the Government introduced international travel restrictions during the pandemic was inconsistent, confusing industry and passengers. The aviation industry, which connects the UK to the world, experienced severe economic difficulties due to Government restrictions that were not based on scientific consensus. As international travel restarted in the …
Government Response Summary
The Government published Flightpath to the Future on May 26, a strategic framework for the future of aviation, focusing on sector recovery, innovation, and efficiency, including a ten-point plan and the launch of an Aviation Council.
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Conclusion
Accepted
Para 32
As the aviation industry’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is now well under way, the Government’s aviation recovery plan must be published as a priority. That strategy should be published no later than 1 June 2022, when the summer travel season will begin in earnest.
Government Response Summary
The Government published Flightpath to the Future on May 26, a strategic framework for the future of aviation, focusing on sector recovery, innovation, and efficiency, including a ten-point plan and the launch of an Aviation Council.