CLACTON Airshow organisers are confident tighter safety regulations will not have a serious impact on this year’s event.

The Civil Aviation Authority said new measures would be brought in following the Shoreham Airshow disaster last year.

They include “enhancing” the experience, skill and health that display pilots must demonstrate before being allowed in the air.

The regulator has also toughened the safety checks that must be passed before organisers receive permission to hold an event.

This year’s Clacton Airshow – organised by Tendring Council – takes place on August 25 and 26.

Council spokesman Nigel Brown said: “The council has already been in touch with its flight consultants, who will be carefully considering all the implications of the CAA report for the Clacton Airshow.

“Once they have studied the report, any changes that do need to be made will be brought up at our regular meetings and acted upon.”

Clacton Airshow was the first to take place after the Shoreham disaster on August 22 last year.

Eleven people were killed when a Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 in West Sussex during the Shoreham Airshow. Mr Brown said the Clacton programme had been signed off without any changes having to be made.

“We have an excellent safety record and we pleased that our plans stood up to extremely close scrutiny by the CAA following Shoreham,” he said.

“We are confident that the report will not have any serious implications for our event in 2016.”

Steps taken in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy – such as grounding all Hawker Hunter aircraft and banning ex-military jets from performing aerobatics over land – remain in place until the conclusion of an air accident report into what caused the crash.

The CAA’s head of general aviation, Tony Rapson, said: “After the tragic accident at Shoreham Airshow last summer, we began a thorough review, examining every aspect of civil air display safety.

“Today, we’re announcing a series of measures that will enhance the safety of UK air shows.”

He said no air show would go ahead this year without an enhanced risk assessment and tighter requirements for training.

The CAA will publish a comprehensive review into civil air displays later this year.