§ Mr. Granvilleasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will give the comparative traffic returns on passengers, mail and freight on the North Atlantic for the past 12 months.
MONTH TRAFFIC BY AIR BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AMERICA. PASSENGERS MAIL(lbs) FREIGHT(lbs) Into United Kingdom. Out of United Kingdom. Into United Kingdom. Out of United Kingdom. Into United Kingdom. Out of United Kingdom. 1946. April … … 1,607 1,785 71,854 56,330 73,294 21,975 May … … 2,2503, 2,557 61,422 64,488 91,183 34,951 June … … 3,032 2,925 92,309 74,705 102,157 59,073 July … … 2,551 2,536 60,640 73,380 59,307 38,490 August … … 2,537 2,807 63,410 94,487 80,284 38,914 September … … 2,863 3,212 57,604 61,351 61,677 50,736 October … … 2,843 3,088 91,861 71,543 122,481 43,622 November … … 1,686 3,041 103,612 71,729 133,825 61,762 December … … 2,038 2,927 98,404 79,229 137,831 47,394 1947 January … … 1,136 2,722 86,209 66,400 104,261 44,106 Notes.—(1) The above figures include a very small amount of traffic carried on Trans-Atlantic aircraft between the United Kingdom and Eire. (2) Freight includes excess baggage.