Government Policy
The Aviation Policy Framework is the UK’s current aviation policy. We outline our views on the APF here, which replaced the Air Transport White Paper in 2013.
The APF doesn’t make any statements about new runways – an issue on which the next Government will need to take a view following the final report of the Airports Commission in summer 2015.
In advance of the 2015 General Election, AEF along with five of the UK’s largest environmental organisations, outlined a series of policy proposals for a sustainable UK aviation industry, available here.
We will continue to work with other organisations to campaign for the implementation of these proposals.
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- Aug 25 2017 AEF briefing on aircraft noise and NPS for Heathrow calls for better information and more controls
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- Jul 26 2017 UK aviation emissions: what’s the plan?
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- Jul 19 2017 AEF launches new campaign: Why the third runway plan can't fly
- Jun 15 2017 AEF highlights failure to address Heathrow emissions in Defra air quality plan
- May 24 2017 AEF responds to consultations on airspace policy and expansion
- May 22 2017 Overflown communities demand government action to reduce aircraft noise
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- May 5 2017 Weak government air quality plan remains silent on Heathrow third runway
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- Feb 23 2017 MPs' damning review of proposals to mitigate Heathrow environmental impacts
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- Nov 25 2016 Government must prove that Heathrow expansion won’t breach climate legislation, say official climate advisers
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- Oct 25 2016 What answers has the Government found to the environmental hurdles facing a third runway?
- Oct 25 2016 Dark day for communities and for the UK’s chance of tackling climate change, as Heathrow announcement shows reckless disregard for environmental targets
- Oct 24 2016 New AEF briefing: why the UN carbon offsetting deal for aviation can't close the UK policy gap
- Feb 10 2016 Aviation emissions must be accounted for in carbon budgets, AEF tells parliamentary committee
- Jun 30 2015 Government must curb growing aviation demand to meet CO2 targets, warns climate committee
- Jun 19 2015 Aviation emissions to soar under Airports Commission proposals, new AEF report shows
- Sep 29 2014 Joint NGO policy proposals for a sustainable future aviation strategy
- Aug 11 2014 Government response to the Airports Commission’s Interim Report
- May 2 2014 CAA’s consultation on their environmental programme 2014-16
- Jan 22 2014 Briefing: Airport Consultative Committees: new draft guidelines from the Department for Transport
- Jan 17 2014 Department for Transport publishes guidance to the CAA on environmental objectives relating to air navigation
- Nov 22 2013 AEF's response to the DfT on guidance for the environmental objectives of the CAA's air navigation functions
- Nov 22 2013 AEF's response to the CAA on their environmental information publication duties
- Oct 22 2013 Put the No New Runway Option Back on the Table, Sir Howard Davies
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- Mar 22 2013 New Government aviation policy no longer advocates new runways, but leaves big gaps over how noise and climate change impacts should be tackled
- Feb 13 2013 Will it ever be time for TEA? Gateway Associates report on hub capacity
- Jan 18 2013 Government looks at impact of changing APD
- Dec 21 2012 Civil Aviation bill passed - opportunity to address environment ignored
- Nov 16 2012 AEF giving evidence on government policy
- Nov 16 2012 AEF response to ITC consultation
- Nov 14 2012 AEF response to government's 'framework' consultation
- Nov 2 2012 Airports Commission Launched
- Oct 26 2012 AEF submits evidence to parliamentary committee
- Sep 17 2012 Parliamentary Select Committee also announces aviation inquiry
- Sep 6 2012 Heathrow in the media spotlight
- Jul 12 2012 Draft aviation policy published, but environmental questions remain unanswered
- Apr 26 2012 Aviation minister confirms no new runway policy at Heathrow
- Mar 23 2012 Draft aviation policy delayed till summer
- Mar 9 2012 Goverment excludes aviation to hide failure on renewables target, reports Guardian
- Mar 6 2012 With just weeks to go before draft aviation policy is published, BAA makes a final bid to reopen Heathrow debate
- Jan 16 2012 Draft Civil Aviation Bill leaves environment and the public on the sidelines
- Nov 10 2011 Labour confirms opposition to a third runway and calls for tougher climate targets for UK aviation
- Nov 4 2011 AEF response to the aviation scoping document, with several new evidence papers
- Sep 27 2011 The aviation scoping document and the 2011 forecasts: changes since the last white paper
- Sep 9 2011 Subsidy to Birmingham airport
- Jul 14 2011 Heathrow to examine noise implications of 'operational freedoms' trial
- Mar 30 2011 Consultation begins on a sustainable framework for UK aviation
- Mar 25 2011 Reform of aviation tax - consultation
- Mar 22 2011 Labour may abandon support for 3rd runway at Heathrow
- Mar 15 2011 Airspace strategy must tackle noise issues: AEF response to the CAA’s Future Airspace Strategy consultation
- Dec 3 2010 A December miscellany – VAT, Boris Island and palm oil
- Dec 1 2010 AEF helps set UN aviation environment agenda
- Nov 12 2010 Environment division to be scrapped, but aviation programme promising
- Nov 8 2010 Hammond announces a new aviation policy
- Sep 1 2010 Change of policies from both government and opposition?
- Jul 22 2010 No look-in for environment in government's economic regulation of airports
- Jun 17 2010 AEF invited to join new Government South East airports task force
- May 27 2010 AEF to defend EU climate policy against legal challenge
- May 27 2010 Enviromental groups defend European efforts to reduce aircraft emissions
- May 14 2010 Coalition government will cancel Heathrow expansion, refuse new runways at Gatwick and Stansted, and close loopholes in aviation taxation
- Apr 1 2010 Consultation on proposals to update the regulatory framework for aviation, including giving the CAA a general environmental duty
- Mar 24 2010 Government noise policy still missing the point
- Feb 4 2010 Stakeholders comment on aviation strategy process
- Jan 27 2010 Carbon Valuation in UK Policy Appraisal
- Jun 12 2009 Review of airport regulation could offer opportunity to close a planning loophole
- Oct 7 2008 Aviation emissions set to be left out of key UK climate policy
- Dec 18 2006 No surprises in aviation progress report
- Jul 7 2006 Civil Aviation Bill
- Jun 7 2006 New night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted
- Apr 27 2006 Select Committee slates Chancellor on aviation tax
- Mar 29 2006 No joy in budget
- Mar 23 2006 Lords votes to retain limit on night flights
- Feb 16 2006 2006: The Year of the Aviation Review
- Feb 8 2006 Blair refuses to consider tax on aviation to address climate change
- Feb 6 2006 2006: Decision Time for Aviation in White Paper Review
- Oct 13 2005 Civil Aviation Bill - business as usual on Third Reading
- Jul 6 2005 Civil Aviation Bill
- Jun 8 2005 Aviation threatens UK climate change obligations
- May 16 2005 Finance ministers agree Africa-aid ticket tax plan
- Mar 24 2005 Pre-Election Flurry On Aviation
- Feb 18 2005 Judgment on White Paper legal challenge
- Feb 9 2005 Blair rules out cheap-flight tax
- Feb 2 2005 Air pollution quotes in White Paper
- Dec 20 2004 What important people said about the Aviation White Paper
- Nov 30 2004 Department for Transport - Aviation and Global Warming [Jan 2004]
- Nov 11 2004 RCEP Special Report: The Environmental Effects of Civil Aircraft in Flight
- Apr 19 2004 Department for Transport - Valuing the External Costs of Aviation
- Nov 22 2003 Climate Change and the UK Aviation White Paper (Tyndall Briefing Note No. 10, December 2003)
- Sep 20 2000 'Planes To Trains' (2000)
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