THE EARL OF SELKIRKasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they can give, for any convenient week last summer, the number of passengers leaving the United Kingdom on scheduled international air services to European destinations, showing the final point of departure and showing separately the numbers travelling (a) on airlines owned in the 1554WA United Kingdom, and (b) on other airlines.
§ THE MINISTER OF STATE, BOARD OF TRADE (LORD BROWN)Weekly statistics are not readily available. In August, 1967, the numbers of passengers joining scheduled flights at United Kingdom airports for destinations in Europe were:
United Kingdom Airlines Overseas Airlines Belfast (Aldergrove) — 1,400 Birmingham 5,500 5,900 Blackpool 700 500 Bristol (Lulsgate) 1,400 3,000 East Midlands 2,500 — Edinburgh — 2,900 Glamorgan (Rhoose) 1,200 1,400 Glasgow (Abbotsinch) 1,400 5,800 Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) — 1,700 Leeds/Bradford 3,500 1,500 Liverpool 1,600 5,200 London (Gatwick) 14,800 5,300 London (Heathrow) 199,500 186,800 Lydd 11,900 — Manchester 10,500 12,200 Newcastle (Woolsington) 3,300 — Prestwick — 1,300 Southampton 4,300 — Southend 40,700 — Other Aerodromes 700 100 Total 303,500 235,000