Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with airlines operating from Manchester Airport on (a) the potential impact of European air traffic control delays on UK passengers and (b) steps to help mitigate these delays.

The UK is a member of EUROCONTROL, a Pan-European inter-governmental body, which is responsible for working with Member States and their Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP’s) to ensure that the airspace across Europe is used efficiently. My department has and continues to engage with European states and industry to discuss air traffic control capacity and mitigations to delays which impact UK airspace users and passengers.