General aviation

Owning and operating light aircraft.

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Services

• Providing information about international general aviation flights

  Submit a general aviation report (GAR) online if you are a pilot or carrier of a general aviation aircraft intending to travel to or from the UK.

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Guidance and regulation

• General aviation handbook
  • Guidance
  • 19 May 2023
  • Department for Transport
• Electronic conspicuity specifications
  • Guidance
  • 26 October 2021
  • Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority

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News and communications

• New Aviation Ambassadors announced to inspire future pilots, engineers and air traffic controllers
  • 15 January 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• DASA drives adoption of PYRAMID
  • 30 September 2025
  • Defence and Security Accelerator
  • News story
• Calling all aviators! Government launches applications for next round of DfT aviation ambassadors
  • 22 September 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Press release
• Supporting success: over £4 million awarded for the adoption of PYRAMID on avionics and mission systems.
  • 4 September 2025
  • Defence and Security Accelerator
  • News story
• PYRAMID: future-proofing air systems
  • 5 November 2024
  • Defence and Security Accelerator
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Analysing the impact of operational efficiencies on aviation
  • 16 December 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Revised fuel efficiency assumptions for future aircraft
  • 16 December 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Addressing the cost of pilot training
  • 31 May 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Decarbonising general aviation
  • 18 May 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• General Aviation: sector and airfields studies
  • 16 August 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• SAF revenue certainty mechanism: indicative heads of terms and contract allocation
  • 12 January 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 03 April 2026
• Sustainable aviation fuels revenue certainty mechanism: revenue certainty options
  • 29 January 2025
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 20 June 2024
• Night-time noise abatement objectives for the designated airports
  • 27 March 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 09 May 2023
• Civil Aviation Authority review: Call for evidence
  • 17 July 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • Call for evidence outcome
• General Aviation Roadmap
  • 23 April 2021
  • Department for Transport and Civil Aviation Authority
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Jet Zero Taskforce: 2025 annual report
  • 17 March 2026
  • Department for Transport
  • Corporate report

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