Proposed amendments to the UK Performance-Based Navigation Regulation

Overview

We are currently proposing to amend and consolidate the regulations that govern Performance-based Navigation (PBN) in the UK to support the development of a systemised, sustainable, and modernised airspace network that meets the needs of economic growth, enables noise mitigation, and helps to reduce greenhouse gasses.

Your feedback will help us to better understand whether there are any issues that still need to be resolved, concerns to be addressed and improvements to be made, and whether our proposed timelines are reasonable before a proposal is put to the Secretary of State (Department for Transport) for new legislation.

Regulations (also known as Implementing Rules)

Regulations contain requirements which must be complied with. The CAA’s statutory role is to consider the required content of regulations, consult on our proposed changes to the regulations, take consultation responses into account before forming a final view and then communicate that view to the Secretary of State (Department for Transport) in the form of an Opinion. Our Opinions are published. 

The Secretary of State makes the final decision whether to implement CAA’s proposed changes to the regulations, and the final wording of the regulations. The proposed wording of the regulations in this consultation may well change if and when the Secretary of State decides to amend the regulations.

This consultation

The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on proposals to update PBN legislation in the UK by amending and consolidating Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2018/1048 (the UK PBN Regulation) and the PBN elements contained within Assimilated Regulation (EU) No. 716/2014 (the UK PCP Regulation).

The proposed changes, which are set out in the CAP3045 : Proposed amendments to the UK Performance-Based Navigation Regulation, cover areas including:

• Refreshing the requirements and implementation dates for implementing PBN
• Aligning PBN with the objectives set out within the CAA Airspace Modernisation Strategy (AMS); and
• Achieving consistency in application and maintaining interoperability with equivalent regulations in the European Union (EU)

Why your views matter

It is important to the CAA that everyone has an opportunity to voice their opinion on matters that could affect them. There is also a legal requirement to consult when creating or amending regulations. For these reasons, we are asking for comments on these proposed changes.

We welcome comments from every sector of the community. This includes the gneral public, government agencies and all sectors of the aviation industry, whether as an aviator, aviation consumer and/or provider of related products and services.

How to respond

Responses to this consultation can be submitted by no later than 16^th January 2025.

Please submit your comments using the online survey link below only. If you are unable to use the online survey link, or if you have any questions regarding the consultation content or clarification requests, please send them to us at pbnconsultation@caa.co.uk.

If you do respond to the consultation via email, we do ask that your response is structured around our questions. Otherwise, we will not be able to analyse the submissions in the same way that we analyse the online responses.

We expect to publish responses we receive on our website as soon as is practicable after the period for representations expires. Any material that is regarded as confidential should be clearly marked as such and included in a separate annex.