§ 32. Mr. Lennox-Boydasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the comparative landing fees at Government-owned aerodromes in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A., Switzerland, France, Holland and Belgium, and the Scandinavian countries.
§ Mr. LindgrenOwing to the variety and complexity of methods which landing charges are assessed, it is not possible to 67W present an exact comparison for the countries named, but I attach a table of most of typical charges for two types of aircraft. I should, however, add that the revision
RATES OF LANDING CHARGES FOR DAKOTA AND CONSTELLATION AIRCRAFT AT GOVERNMENT-OWNED AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES. Country. (1) Landing Charges. Remarks. (4) Dakota. (2) Constellation. (3) £ s. d. £ s. d. UNITED KINGDOM 5 12 6 13 2 6 — BELGIUM 4 10 7 — (a) Surcharge for Night Landings: Dakota —£2 16s. 7d. (b) Surcharge for Night Departure: (i) After landing the same night: Dakota—£2 16s. 7d. (ii) After landing during the day: Dakota—£4 4s. 11d. DENMARK 5 12 0 17 19 0 Additional charge for Lighting: 12s. 5d. per hour or part thereof. FRANCE 2 2 0 9 9 0 Surcharge for Night Landing: £2 2S. 0d. HOLLAND— (a) Intercontinental 2 8 0 7 13 0 Surcharge for Night Landing: £1 17s. 0d. (b) European 1 16 0 5 15 0 Surcharge for Night Landing: £1 8s. 0d. NORWAY 5 8 0 17 7 0 Additional Charge for Lighting: Dakota —£1 10s. 0d. SWEDEN 5 7 0 — Night Illumination: £2 1s. 5d. SWITZERLAND 1 17 0 5 18 0 (a) Surcharge for Night Landing: 14s. 5d. (b) There is also a Handling Charge of £11 us. 0d. for turn-round of each passenger aircraft (of Dakota-weight class) operating into Switzerland. This charge includes certain services not elsewhere covered by landing charges. UNITED STATES (La Guardia Airport, N.Y., not Government-owned)— (a) The rates given are subject to an additional £1,000 per annum paid by each scheduled operator for the privilege of scheduled operations, and also to the assumption that the operator uses only the type of aircraft named. 1 landing per week 10 1 0 13 3 0 1 landing per day 1 13 0 2 4 0 6 landings per day 1 8 0 1 14 0 10 landings per day 19 0 1 9 0 (b) Recent figures are not available for Washington, the only state-owned airfield in the U.S.A. Non-scheduled Operators. 5 12 0 11 3 0