Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68669

Regional Airports

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 21 July 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term strategy for regional air connectivity that (a) reduces reliance on (i) Gatwick Airport (ii) Heathrow Airport and (iii) other major hubs and (b) suppor

Answer

Mike Kane
The Department recognises how vital aviation is to maintaining connectivity between the regions of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to the wider world. Ministers and officials at the Department meet regularly with regional airports, including Cornwa...

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