§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what discussions he has had with the Civil Aviation Authority concerning low fuel state occurrences involving foreign airlines; and if he will make a statement. [89519]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonDETR and Civil Aviation Authority officials discussed the allegations concerning an aircraft of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) in detail with representatives of the airline. MAS has co-operated fully in reviewing their fuel policy and examining why, on a very few occasions, low fuel levels may have been recorded at the completion of a flight. MAS offered to provide weekly reports of fuel levels for all its aircraft on arrival in the UK and this has been incorporated into their conditions for operating into this country.
Under the Chicago Convention, responsibility for regulating an airline, including compliance with minimum fuel regulations, lies with the country in which the airline is based.