§ 24. Mr. RAPERasked the Secretary of State for Air whether the present subsidy to British air lines is confined to one machine per day in each direction; and, if so, whether this limiting of the services results in the turning away of would-be passengers?
Captain GUESTThe present subsidy is designed to assist the running of two machines in each direction each day, but there is no restriction against the firms operating additional machines without subsidy. The lack of sufficient suitable machines, however, has hitherto limited the service to one machine in each direction each day, except on special occasions, and, as a consequence of this shortage, and of the expansion of the traffic, would-be passengers are being turned away.
Captain TERRELLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that the passengers turned away by British companies are being carried by the French companies?