§ 35. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the Secretary of State for Air how many persons have been carried by Imperial Airways during the past 14 months and the approximate number carried by the civil plane services of Germany during the same period?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Sir Philip Sassoon)The number of passengers carried by Imperial Airways, Limited, during the year ended 31st October, 1926, was 16,635. I regret that no information is available in regard to the numbers of passengers carried by German civil air services during the corresponding period.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINLs it not a fact that the number carried by the Germans is far in excess of ours?
§ Sir P. SASSOONI have not the information.