UK’s aviation regulator faces independent review

The UK authorities has launched a evaluate of the Civil Aviation Authority to look at the regulator’s “effectiveness and effectivity”.

The unbiased examine is designed to make sure that the CAA can present “world-leading regulation and public companies for many years to come back”. 

The evaluate shall be led by Jeremy Newman, who’s an unbiased panel member of the Competitors and Markets Authority (CMA), and it’ll run till spring 2023.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps defined: “Civil aviation regulation is the lynchpin of an business which pre-pandemic carried tens of millions of passengers yearly, contributed £22 billion to our financial system and supported practically a million jobs.

“This evaluate will guarantee UK civil aviation regulation continues to be world-leading on security, safety, environmental concerns, financial regulation and shopper safety – which regularly helps different nations in driving up world requirements.”

Underneath the microscope shall be how efficient the CAA is at delivering its present companies, in addition to company governance, the authority’s relationship with the Division for Transport and the way its priorities “match up” to the federal government’s wider goals.

Stephen Hillier, chair of the CAA, added: “It can assist make sure that we proceed to be a various, progressive and future-focused regulator, devoted to enhancing aviation security, safety and shopper pursuits and enabling a thriving aerospace sector.”