§ Mr. D. Priceasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state, on the basis of information supplied to him by the International Air Transport Association, the passenger-miles flown by the scheduled airlines of the world for each year from 1949 to 1958; and, of this, what has been the percentage flown by British airlines.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe following are the figures which are derived from the publications of the International Civil Aviation Organisation:
PASSENGER-MILES ON SCHEDULED SERVICES — All airlines* United Kingdom airlines' share (millions) (per cent.) 1949 … … 15,000 4.1 1950 … … 17,500 4.5 1951 … … 22,000 4.8 1952 … … 25,000 5.0 1953 … … 29,000 4.9 1954 … … 33,000 4.6 1955 … … 38,500 4.7 1956 … … 44,000 4.8 1957 … … 51,000 4.8 1958 … … 53,500 4.8 * Excluding airlines of U.S.S.R. and the Peoples Republic of China. The above table includes domestic as well as international traffic and the United States domestic traffic, which is not of course available to United Kingdom airlines, forms a large part of the total. On international services, the share of United Kingdom airlines was about 12 per cent. of the passenger-miles flown in 1958.