Recommendation 32

We recognise that the Government’s decision, while consistent with a policy of promoting the UK aviation industry, carries a degree of risk. In order to deliver the emissions reductions foreseen, the high ambition scenario in the Jet Zero Strategy needs to be followed through with vigour and conviction and needs to be given the appropriate priority for delivery. Failure to follow through on the ambitions expressed will result in the UK falling behind in its delivery of emissions reductions, Net zero and the UK aviation sector 55 leaving other sectors to pick up the slack. Even if the Government maintains its high ambition, there is a risk that the aviation sector will not fulfil the confident predictions it has made for emissions reductions.