Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with representatives from the airline industry on the implications for that industry of changes to Government travel advice in response to covid-19.

The Department for Transport is extensively engaged with the aviation sector in responding to COVID19 and implementing measures to minimise the spread of the disease. Additionally, work is underway across government to understand the wider impacts of COVID19 and the Secretary of State for Transport is regularly briefed on these.

The Secretary of State for Transport wrote to Air Carriers and Airports on 28^th February. Both the Secretary of State and I are discussing COVID-19 and its implications for the aviation industry with aviation industry representatives during the course of this week.