To carry out spaceflight activity in the UK spaceport and launch operators must be licensed by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
As part of their licence application, spaceport and launch operators are required to submit an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE). The purpose...More
Safety Standards Acknowledgement and Consent (SSAC) is a CAA process that allows aircraft owners to offer fare-paying recreational flights in, primarily historic, aircraft that wouldn’t otherwise be possible if they had to meet the full requirements for normal commercial flying.
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This consultation contains the proposed updates to the next edition of CAP 482, British Civil Airworthiness Requirements (BCAR) – Section S – Small Light Aeroplanes. The proposed changes follow on from the 2021 revision of the UK microlight aeroplane definition that incorporated the new...More
The CAA is consulting on the proposed Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947 and would like your opinion.
The purpose of this consultation is to gather input from a larger breadth of expertise and experience than contained within the CAA alone....More
We are consulting on a proposed extension to the Legacy and Transitional category UAS provisions in the Open category and would like your opinion.
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operate within one of three categories: Open, Specific or Certified. This consultation primarily impacts Open...More
What are we asking?
The CAA would like to hear your views on a draft of our refreshed Airspace Modernisation Strategy 2022–2040, which will replace the existing Airspace Modernisation Strategy ( CAP 1711 ) that was published in December 2018.
The strategy will now...More
The UK Civil Aviation Authority has produced a r eport containing its draft findings of its review into the Cotswold Region . The report contains the initial plan of volumes to take forward to the amend phase on which we are now seeking your views.
We decided in April 2021 to adopt a...More
Historically, neither the government nor the CAA have had the powers to guarantee or compel that airspace change as part of a wider modernisation programme is taken forward.
Following consultation, the Government introduced the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft (ATMUA) Bill into...More
This CAP was first published in February 2019 alongside CAP403 Flying Displays and Special Events to ensure that the process of display pilot evaluation is standardised as far as is practicable.
It provides a single point of access to guidance for Display Authorised pilots (DAs) and Display...More
This consultation document explains our proposals for revisions to the existing CAA Charges Schemes, due to take effect from 1 April 2022.
We believe our proposals represent a balanced approach to charging, reflecting current circumstances and the important role of the CAA in...More
This consultation sets out draft modifications to Heathrow Airport Limited’s (HAL) licence to show how we would implement the policy proposals in the October 2021 Initial Proposals for HAL’s H7 price control review if we were to adopt them in the form set out in that document. ...More
T his working paper follows on from the October 2021 Initial Proposals consultation and provides further details of the CAA’s proposed approach to implementing outcome based regulation (OBR) in the H7 price control for Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL). It sets out the CAA’s Initial...More
Cost sharing flights are flights shared by private individuals. The ‘cost-share’ element refers to the costs of the specific flight which can be shared between the pilot and others onboard the aircraft. These costs are the ‘direct costs’ which are directly incurred in relation to a...More
This consultation contains the proposed amendments to the next edition of CAP 403, Flying Displays and Special Events: Safety and Administrative Requirements and Guidance, which are planned to be effective from the end of February 2022.
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This consultation sets out our Initial Proposals for the Heathrow Airport Limited's (HAL) H7 price control review. It includes:
This summary document which discusses our overall approach and the impact of the particularly challenging circumstances created by...More
CAP1616 sets out regulatory guidance for airspace change. First launched in 2018, it is now due an update, following review. To inform our updated version, we have completed workshops both internally (in June 2021) and externally (in September 2021).
This engagement is focused on...More
We are consulting on making changes to the price controls for NATS (En Route) Plc’s (NERL’s) regulated activities under its air traffic services licence for the year 2022.
The main purpose of these modifications is to disapply this automatic calculation of the traffic risk sharing...More
The Airspace Classification Review Team has produced a factual report on the airspace and its usage within the Cotswold Region , taking airspace composition, existing Airspace Change Proposals and safety data into account. In the report qualitative analysis of the information presented has been...More
This consultation seeks stakeholders’ views on the CAA’s intention to introduce changes to ATOL. The main changes relate to how ATOL holders fund their operations and how the use of their customers’ monies should be considered within the regulatory regime.
The consultation document...More
This consultation follows on from the December 2020 Consultation ( CAP1944 ) and March 2021 Update ( CAP2119 ) and provides further details on the next NERL price control review (“NR23”).
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This consultation document summarises our broad approach to the remainder of the Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) H7 price control review programme. It deals with the following main issues:
an update on timetable and recent developments (with our response to HAL’s request for a...More
Heathrow Airport Limited's (HAL) capital expenditure (capex) is a key element in setting airport charges, as it feeds through to HAL's regulatory asset base (RAB) and so into airport charges (through a regulated return and depreciation on the capital invested). It is also essential that HAL...More
The CAA Strategy is available to read or download from this page. It sets out our mission, vision and purpose, as well as providing an overview of how we intend to achieve them.
Our Strategy is agile; it provides the foundations to continue to successfully deliver our core regulatory...More
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published a consultation on proposed changes to the following chapters of CAP 553 (BCAR Section A):
Chapter A3-7: Permit to Fly Aircraft – Initial and Continuing Airworthiness
Chapter A8-26. ...More
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today published a consultation on proposed changes to the following chapters of CAP 553 (BCAR Section A):
Chapter A8-21. Approval of Organisations Responsible for Design or Production
Chapter A8-23:...More
This consultation provides an update on our thinking regarding our approach to the next NATS (En Route) plc (NERL) price control, following our December 2020 consultation (CAP1994).
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This document gives formal notice under section 22(2) of the Civil Aviation Act 2012 (“CAA12”) of our proposal to modify Gatwick Airport Limited’s (“GAL”) economic licence to accept GAL’s proposed new commitments for the four year period from 2021/22 to 2024/25.
This...More
In January 2020, the CAA first consulted on its proposed minimum requirements for noise modelling. Following feedback from this consultation we decided that the definition of Category D needed to be amendend and the CAA is now consulting on the new definition.
A consultation document where...More
In October 2020, we published a consultation document in response to the request made by Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) in July 2020 for the CAA to change its approach to the calculation of HAL’s regulatory asset base (RAB) to take account of the impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
This...More
CAP 1724 was first published in February 2019 alongside CAP403 Flying Displays and Special Events, the aim being to ensure that the process of display pilot evaluation is standardised as far as is practicable.
It provides a single point of access to guidance for Display Authorised pilots...More