HC Deb 25 June 1959 vol 607 c159W
Mr. D. Price

asked 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. Watkinson

The 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.