Daily briefing

UK CAA consults on civil UAS flights over high-seas airspace

The UK Civil Aviation Authority published CAP3312 on 28 September, seeking feedback on an interim approach for coordinating civil UAS activity over the high-seas portions of UK-delegated flight information regions, including London, Scottish and Shanwick Oceanic airspace.

Long-range civil UAS operations do not stop at territorial-airspace boundaries. The consultation addresses the coordination problem where the UK provides air-navigation services without exercising territorial sovereignty over the underlying high seas.

Operators considering offshore or long-range missions should review the proposed coordination process and identify where flight-plan, air-traffic-service and contingency assumptions differ from land-based BVLOS operations.