§ Mr. Lennox-Boydasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether any decision has yet been reached in regard to priority passengers on British internal civil air lines.
§ Air-Commodore Harveyasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will consider giving civilian passengers wishing to travel on internal airlines equal priority to that of official passengers, in booking seats.
Mr. Ivor ThomasThe London Air Priorities Board have decided to discontinue the system of priority passages on internal civil air lines. This arrangement will not, however, affect the reservation of a number of preferential seats for business men travelling between this country and Belfast, to which I referred in the reply to a Question by the hon. and gallant Member for Down (Sir W. Smiles) on 10th December last. Should a properly sponsored case of great urgency arise, the operating companies have agreed to make accommodation available.