§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce legislation to require foreign-registered non-United Kingdom aircraft carrying charter passengers to and from British airports to comply in full with the safety regime of the Civil Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement. [35446]
§ Mr. NorrisNo. As a signatory to the Chicago convention, the United Kingdom is obliged to accept certificates and licences issued in respect of foreign-registered aircraft provided that safety standards laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation are being met. Only aircraft on the United Kingdom register are required to comply in full with the safety regime of the Civil Aviation Authority. However, a foreign aircraft leased without crew to a United Kingdom airline must appear on that airline's air operators certificate and is then treated as a United Kingdom-registered aircraft.