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Airlines and airports: supporting recovery in the UK aviation sector

Status: Closed Opened: 10 Sep 2021 Closed: 14 Nov 2022 17 recommendations 10 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry will be examining airlines’ and airports’ recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The sessions will also examine the effects of the Government’s policy on international travel, including the system for international travel and travel requirements such as PCR testing. This inquiry will consider: Airlines’ and airports’ recovery from the effects of the pandemic The … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - UK aviation: reform for take-off HC 683 25 Apr 2022 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
15 Recommendation Fifth Report - UK aviation: reform for … Rejected

It is disappointing that the Government’s ‘reforming aviation consumer policy: protecting air passenger rights’ consultation...

It is disappointing that the Government’s ‘reforming aviation consumer policy: protecting air passenger rights’ consultation does not seek views on the enforcement of consumer rights in relation to the private testing market for travel. The consultation should be expanded to assess how the private travel testing market could be regulated … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government does not agree that the consultation should be expanded to assess the private travel testing market, as the consultation was not specifically COVID-19 related. They state that the issues facing consumers have been dealt with separately through CMA reviews and DHSC and UKHSA …
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Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
15 Dec 2021 Dr Jenny Harries OBE · UK Health Security Agency, Edward Wynne-Evans · UK Health Security Agency, Jonathan Mogford · UK Health Security Agency, Richard Moriarty · Civil Aviation Authority, Robert Courts MP · Department for Transport View ↗
1 Dec 2021 Brian McClean · AGS Airports Limited, Cait Hewitt · Aviation Environment Federation (AEF), Clive Coleman · Regional and City Airports, Dr Andy Jefferson · Sustainable Aviation, Helena Bennett · Green Alliance, Kay Ryan · Loganair Limited View ↗
17 Nov 2021 Karen Dee · Airport Operators Association, Neena Bhati · Which?, Rt Hon Jenny Willott OBE · CAA Consumer Panel, Tim Alderslade · Airlines UK, Willie Walsh · International Air Transport Association View ↗
21 Sep 2021 Colm Lacy · British Airways, John Holland-Kaye · Heathrow Airport, Sophie Dekkers · easyJet, Stewart Wingate · Gatwick Airport Limited View ↗

Who gave evidence

20 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Brian McClean · Director of Communications and Sustainability AGS Airports Limited 1
Cait Hewitt · Policy Director Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) 1
Clive Coleman · Director Regional and City Airports 1
Colm Lacy · Acting Chief Commercial Officer British Airways 1
Dr Andy Jefferson · Programme Director Sustainable Aviation 1
Dr Jenny Harries OBE · Chief Executive UK Health Security Agency 1
Edward Wynne-Evans · Director of All-Hazards Intelligence UK Health Security Agency 1
Helena Bennett · Head of Climate Policy Green Alliance 1
John Holland-Kaye · Chief Executive Officer Heathrow Airport 1
Jonathan Mogford · Senior Responsible Officer for Borders and Manage… UK Health Security Agency 1
Karen Dee · Chief Executive Airport Operators Association 1
Kay Ryan · Chief Commercial Officer Loganair Limited 1
Neena Bhati · Head of Campaigns Which? 1
Richard Moriarty · Chief Executive Civil Aviation Authority 1
Robert Courts MP · Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security Department for Transport 1
Rt Hon Jenny Willott OBE · Chair CAA Consumer Panel 1
Sophie Dekkers · Chief Commercial Officer easyJet 1
Stewart Wingate · Chief Executive Officer Gatwick Airport Limited 1
Tim Alderslade · Chief Executive Airlines UK 1
Willie Walsh · Director General International Air Transport Association 1

Correspondence

10 letters
DateDirectionTitle
15 Dec 2021 — Correspondence from Paul Kellaway, Assistant Director for Advocacy, Nations and…
15 Dec 2021 — Correspondence from Chair to Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health,…
1 Dec 2021 — Correspondence from Which?, relating to airlines and aviation: supporting recov…
17 Nov 2021 — Correspondence from Dr Johanna Hutchinson, Director of Data and Data Science, D…
21 Oct 2021 — Correspondence from Sophie Dekkers, Chief Commercial Officer, Easyjet, relating…
22 Sep 2021 — Correspondence from Rt Hon Sajid Javid MP, Secretary of State for Health and So…
8 Sep 2021 — Correspondence from Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, relating…
8 Sep 2021 — Correspondence from Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, relating…
7 Sep 2021 — Correspondence from the Prime Minister, relating to International travel: traff…
7 Sep 2021 — Correspondence from Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of Transport, relating to safe, …