How a massive overhaul of UK airspace promises to cut flight times and delays

Flights could get a lot more efficient thanks to a long overdue airspace redraw in the UK - (Getty/iStock)

Faster flights and fewer delays have been promised in the largest redesign of UK airspace in seven decades, as the government drives plans to change flight paths.

New laws have been set out in Parliament on Monday 2 June to open up new and more direct flight routes for planes arriving and departing the UK’s airspace.