Drone operators will have to pay an annual charge of £16.50 under plans to introduce a new registration scheme in the UK. From the end of November, operators of drones or model aircraft weighing between 250g and 20kg will be legally required to register with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Once registered, each operator will receive a unique code that must be applied to all drones they are responsible for. The aviation regulator estimates that 170,000 operators will join the new register within its first 18 months. Military anti-drone equipment, which can detect and disable drones by jamming radio signals, remained at the airport until March.

Source: Daily Mail April 30, 2019 20:26 UTC