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Airspace

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects Free Route Airspace to be operational across all UK upper airspace.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects Free Route Airspace to be operational across all UK upper airspace.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    Following the implementation and deployment Free Route Airspace in Scotland and the West of England, NATS is working to design and deploy the remaining Free Route Airspace areas. The delivery and implementation of future Free Route Airspace remain under r...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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