Few were sad to see the back of Grant Shapps as transport secretary; he was seen as a good communicator by Boris Johnson, although few in the travel industry looked forward to his five o’clock tweets during the pandemic as they rarely brought good news.
There has already been speculation, though, that his Eurosceptic replacement, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, may be no better. She will, of course, be the minister to receive the review of the CAA, the last act of Grant Shapps before he lost his post.
Irrespective of the outcome of the review, it will be her responsibility to act – or not – on the recommendations of the report, which is expected sometime next year.
