{"id":496428,"date":"2026-03-26T13:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496428\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:14:09","slug":"former-uk-aviation-minister-how-bizav-can-engage-better-with-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/496428\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UK Aviation Minister: How Bizav Can Engage Better With Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Former UK Aviation Minister: How Bizav Can Engage Better With Government | Aviation Week Network<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/angus-batey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angus Batey<\/a><br \/>\n                    March 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/raes_courts_edwards_copy.jpeg\" alt=\"Courts (right) with Edwards during the RAeS event\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Robert Courts (right) with Dave Edwards during a Royal Aeronautical Society bizav forum.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: Angus Batey\/Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>  LONDON\u2014Whether it is environmental protesters demonstrating at airports or national governments enacting apparently punitive tax policies, business aviation insiders often feel somewhat under siege. This topic was given an illuminating airing during the Royal Aeronautical Society&#8217;s business aviation&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/batey-angus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/angus-batey\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angus Batey<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Angus Batey has been contributing to various titles within the Aviation Week Network since 2009, reporting on topics ranging from defense and space to business aviation, advanced air mobility and cybersecurity. <\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Former UK Aviation Minister: How Bizav Can Engage Better With Government is published in Business Aviation &amp; Advanced Air Mobility Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Business Aviation &amp; Advanced Air Mobility Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the business aviation and AAM community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UK Aviation Minister: How Bizav Can Engage Better With Government | Aviation Week Network https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-496428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}