Consultation on the UKADS proposal
- DfT/CAA consultation document CAP 3029 Airspace modernisation: Consultation on a UK Airspace Design Service including draft Regulatory Impact Assessment CAP 3029A
- Read the responses on the DfT/CAA consultation webpage
Outcome of the consultation on the UKADS proposal
- Government announcement 17 March 2025 confirming the go-ahead for the UKADS and Support Fund
- DfT press release 2 June 2025
- DfT/CAA Consultation Response Document CAP 3106 Airspace modernisation: Outcome of the consultation on a UK Airspace Design Service
- DfT/CAA De minimis (impact) assessment CAP 3106a
- DfT/CAA Outcome of the consultation on a UK Airspace Design Service: Q&A supplement
- DfT/CAA policy paper on UKADS governance and engagement (Policy Paper UKADS 25/2)
- DfT/CAA policy paper on the Airspace Design Support Fund (Policy Paper UKADS 25/3)
- DfT/CAA policy paper on the Future of the Airspace Change Organising Group (Policy Paper UKADS 25/4)
Background information
- CAA Airspace Modernisation Strategy
- Airspace change masterplan
- CAP 1616 Airspace change process
- Criteria for accepting the airspace change masterplan into the CAA Airspace Modernisation Strategy
- Inter-relationship between the UKADS and the legal and policy framework
Consultations relating to the NERL air traffic services licence
- CAP 3063 Economic Regulation of NERL: Illustrative proposals for modifying the licence to support the implementation of a UK Airspace Design Service including a report by Egis consultants
- CAP 3121 Economic Regulation of NERL: Initial proposals for modifying the licence to support the implementation of a UK Airspace Design Service
- Expected later: a CAA statutory consultation on actual licence amendments and corresponding final decision
Consultations relating to the CAP 1616 airspace change process, airspace change masterplan and Air Navigation Guidance
- In autumn 2025: a DfT and CAA consultation on a package of regulatory changes to facilitate the UKADS’s work and potential opportunities to go further in streamlining airspace regulatory processes more generally. The package is likely to include the CAP 1616 airspace change process, the airspace change masterplan and the DfT’s Air Navigation Guidance and Air Navigation Directions
Process for onboarding airspace change proposals to the UKADS provider
- The onboarding process CAP 3129 - Onboarding Process for the UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS) Provider sets out how existing airspace change proposals within the London cluster of the airspace change masterplan will be transferred to a consolidated single airspace change proposal sponsored by NERL, the UKADS provider.
- We have published UKADS London TMA Region Onboarding FAQs about the process.
Legislation changes
- The Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Prescribed Terms) Regulations 2025 (Statutory Instrument 2025 No.918) and explanatory memorandum.
- The Transport Act 2000 (Air Traffic Services) (Amendment) Order 2025 (Statutory Instrument 2025 No. 629) and explanatory memorandum.
More information
If there is anything else you need to know, check our UKADS key topics page or you can email us at airspace.modernisation@caa.co.uk
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