Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 114154

Aircraft: Air Pollution

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits, feasibility and cost to commercial airlines of regulations mandating the installation of enhanced air filtration systems or the use of alternative engine oi

Answer

Keir Mather

The UK has a well-established regulatory requirement for reporting events that could endanger aircraft outlined in UK Reg (EU) No 376/2014. Fume and smoke events must be reported and are subsequently analysed by specialists working in the Civil Aviation A...

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