The latest CAA list of UK Commercial Drone Operators came out on 17 April 2017 – Version 25
It is published in a Civil Aviation Publication (CAP) 1361, on the UK CAA website here.
As fast as the list grows, there are an ever increasing number of “Drone List” facilitators. These usually charge for operators to be on their list, often with levels of membership and facilitation and therefore influences the operators promoted.
CAP 1361: Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA) operators holding a valid CAA permission is the authoritative list of operators holding a UK CAA Permission For Commercial Operation. This is all of the operators that have been successful and have currently valid approvals for the categories shown. We see operators “drop off” and reappear on the list which over the years we attribute to a delay or timing issue in the list collation and the renewal process for the operator.
From 2427 operators listed in the last Feb 2017 edition of the list, there are now 2629 operators. The list published on the UK CAA website can be used in a number of ways. Here are 2 suggestions for finding a safe and legal commercial drone operator in UK:
As a check list: It is easy to use your favourite search engine to find operators and then search the official list of names in the pdf document to confirm that the company you wish to use are currently on the list.
Browse the list: If you are starting with the list, unfortunately there are no links to the company webpages, but typing the name from the list into a search engine will provide you the contact information.
If you have queries or need assistance with either finding a Drone operator in UK or becoming a Drone operator – we are always happy to promote safe and legal Drone operation for Hobby and Commercial use; please get in touch – contact or use the web-chat facility on this website.
Please note; we pride ourselves on being independent, so we will not promote any one Drone system, operator or training service over another.