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Trade Associations Warn Over Rising Costs and Operational Disruption
The UK’s aviation sector is facing significant additional costs and operational disruption due to the lack of mutual recognition agreements between the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), according to a group of UK trade associations. The associations, including Airlines UK, Airports UK, and ADS, have written to the UK government calling for urgent action to address the issue, which is affecting pilot licensing, maintenance, and parts certification. The situation is threatening the delivery of military pilot training and has already restricted operations of police support helicopters, as reported by FlightGlobal.