Question follow-through · 19633
Air Traffic Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the risk of widespread flight disruption caused by air traffic control failures.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 53 calendar days after tabling
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- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the risk of widespread flight disruption caused by air traffic control failures.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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7 Sept 2026
Answer published
Following a technical failure that NATS experienced in 2023, an independent review was commissioned by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The review made 34 recommendations for NATS, CAA, airlines, airports and government to respond on in order to learn ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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