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CAA EXEMPTION helps pilots needing to revalidate or renew during the current difficulties, by moving the deadline on such to 31st October 2020.

With COVID-19 having increasingly dominated the news since 2020 started, it is worth noting that in February the European Parliament gave a big thumbs up to General Aviation (GA) by passing a Resolution under which EC member states are encouraged to adopt a raft of principles that will help preserve, foster and promote the sector

Please see the following link for government guidance to GA sector issued today: Coronavirus (COVID-19): recreational general aviation

According to the APPG for General Aviation Secretariat, Lord (Byron) Davies of Gower has asked the UK Government the following questions relating to support forthcoming for General Aviation following the response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus): To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they plan to give to flying schools and clubs whose operations have been disrupted

The following Parliamentary question was asked on 25th March: “To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his package of support to airlines and airports will also include support for businesses that rely on the normal operation of airports and airlines.” The response from Steve Barclay, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was: “A range of

Below is your link to check how you may qualify for ‘cash’  and other support for your Airfield, Flight School, Employees or Business from the Government: COVID-19: support for businessesCOVID-19: guidance for employees

The list of airfields under threat or with uncertainty hanging over them continues to be long and protection is far still weaker than GAAC would like to see. Those have fallen by the wayside and seem likely to serve as a warning that the fight will continue for many years to come, while even those

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Will the autumn bring breakthroughs at Wellesbourne and Manston, and will Old Sarum, Fairoaks and others be saved from closure? Also worth noting is the Turboprops and Small Airfields conference on 3rd October at the RAeS in London.

The General Aviation Awareness Council (GAAC), which represents the interests of some 40 aviation organisations to Parliament, has welcomed last week’s appointment of Grant Shapps MP as UK Secretary of State for Transport. In taking up his new role, Mr. Shapps was obliged to stand down as chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for