Saturday, June 1, 2019
London, the world’s busiest city for aviation will be facing significant disruption to normal flight operations as Donald Trump will be visiting the UK next week.
It was confirmed by the Civil Aviation Authority that as a part of the overarching security plan, the Secretary of State for Transport has decided it necessary to introduce Restriction of Flying Regulations under Article 239 of the Air Navigation Order 2016.
Between Monday and Wednesday there will be a ban on low-flying aircraft in London.
On June 3, between 8.30am and 10.30am a swathe of airspace stretching from north London to Hertfordshire and Essex will be closed to air traffic below 2,500 feet.
This is done to avoid any aircraft interference with the president’s helicopter shuttle between Stansted airport where the Air Force One will be landing and central London.
From 8:45 am on June 3 till 10.40am on June 5 a far longer ban on low-flying aircraft was imposed for London. This was roughly bounded by the M25 to the north and south and this extended to the far east and west.
It will not remain applicable to planes operating to and from Heathrow and London City airports.
However, the reduction in airspace and controllers flexibility will be disrupting the busiest skies in Europe.
From June 5 onward there will be a series of further restrictions that will apply in south west on London for a flypast that will be marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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