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Shapps: 'Aviation has shown immense resilience, but we must do more'

Government
James Chapple
19 July 2022

Transport secretary Grant Shapps has praised the UK’s aviation sector for its "immense resilience" during the pandemic, but has stressed further support, collaboration and integration will be needed on a global scale to address the sector’s biggest future challenges – including those on the scale of Covid.

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Shapps on Tuesday (19 July) set out plans for a new National Aviation Authority (NAA) network, bringing together regulators and global aviation leaders from across the English-speaking world. So far, the NAA has membership from the UK, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.


"The National Aviation Authorities (NAA) network’s mission is to foster cooperation between world leading aviation regulators on emerging challenges in aviation and aerospace, improving innovation and safety," said the Department for Transport (DfT).