Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 14936

Air Traffic Control: Recruitment

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 6 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of new air traffic controllers that will need to qualify each year over the next five years in order to maintain sufficient staffing levels.

Answer

Keir Mather

It is up to airport traffic control providers and en-route air navigation service providers to ensure they maintain sufficient technical capability, operational capacity, and appropriately qualified personnel to support current and future service requirem...

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