UK Border Agency enhances GA-reporting system
Late last month, the UK Border Agency (UKBA), part of the Home Office, scheduled a workshop to involve major aviation stakeholders in exploring improvement

Late last month, the UK Border Agency (UKBA), part of the Home Office, scheduled a workshop to involve major aviation stakeholders in exploring improvements to Britain’s general aviation reporting (GAR) system, under which business-aircraft operators give notice of inbound/outbound flights for security and counter-terrorism purposes.

UKBA, created from former customs and immigration government departments, plans to introduce enhanced GAR arrangements in the middle of the year, following industry criticism that current procedures are too bureaucratic and inconsistent in practice at different airfields, said central-region border-force director Marc Owen. He asked BBGA members for help in publicising system changes, which initially will run alongside existing arrangements.