The UK Department for Transport is ready to publish proposed restrictions for foreign-registered aircraft based in the U.K.

It is understood that the proposal could limit the amount of time foreign-registered aircraft can be based in the UK to 90 days in any 12-month period. This requirement would not apply to aircraft registered under the auspices of EASA.

The British Business and General Aviation Association argues that many operators feel compelled to register aircraft offshore because UK authorities have made it needlessly costly and difficult to put them on the British register.