HC Deb 24 July 1969 vol 787 cc489-92W
Mr. Rankin

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now fixed the minimum control prices for inclusive tour holidays by air in Europe for the summer of 1970.

8. Mr. William Rodgers

Below is a summary of the new control price provisions. The changes are designed to promote off-peak travel, to reduce the differentials between journeys starting from London and those starting from the provinces, and to assist travel to more distant destinations. I shall discuss with the scheduled airlines the need for consequential adjustments in ITX fares.

Following is the information:

Inclusive Tour Control Prices, Europe, Summer 1970

Route differentiation No differentiation between "business" and 'holiday" routes.

Scheduled and non-scheduled services Control prices to be applicable without distinction for inclusive tours involving air travel on scheduled as on non-scheduled services and foreign as well as United Kingdom carriers.

Undertaking All adult passengers and unaccompanied children paying full price, to sign, before de- parture, an undertaking to use the accommodation and participate in the tour programme included in the tour price.

Basic control prices Control prices to be determined according to the standard Provision I formula, save that the relevant fare shall be that which applied in the period 1st April to 31st October, 1968. (Where the relevant fare has subsequently been reduced, the lower fare to apply.)

Provincial Departures The control price for provincial departures shall be the sum of the relevant fare from London and the appropriate amount included in the schedule attached; or the relevant direct fare prescribed by I.A.T.A. where this is lower.

Short holidays

Holidays of 12 days (11 nights) or less:

  1. (a) commencing during the period from 16th June to 15th September, inclusive, for holidays both beginning and ending midweek, 90 per cent. of the corresponding control price for a 15-day holiday.
  2. (b) commencing during the periods from 1st April to 15th June, inclusive, and 16th September to 15th October, inclusive, at any time, 90 per cent. of the corresponding control price for a 15-day holiday.
    • Holidays of 8 days (7 nights) or less:
  3. (c) commencing during the periods from 1st April to 15th June, inclusive, and 16th September to 15th October, inclusive, at any time, 80 per cent. of the corresponding control price for a 15-day holiday.
    • Holidays of 4 days (3 nights) or less:
  4. (d) control price to be determined on merits by the A.T.L.B.

Anomalies and lacunae

  1. (a) Control prices for holidays on day weekend flights to all destinations in Italy and to Ajaccio, Marseilles and Nice, commencing during the period from 16th June to 30th September inclusive, 85 per cent. of the normal tourist class round trip fare in 1968;
  2. (b) Control prices for holidays on day weekend flights to all destinations in Austria (except Vienna) and to Munich, commencing during the period from 1st June to 31st August, inclusive, 85 per cent. of the normal tourist class round trip fare in 1968;
  3. (c) Control prices for holidays on day flights to all destinations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, German Federal Republic (including West Berlin, but excluding Munich), Switzerland, and to Brussels and Amsterdam:
    1. (i) commencing during the period from 16th June to 30th September inclusive, on weekend flights 90 per cent., and on midweek flights 80 per cent., respectively, of the normal tourist class round trip fare in 1968;
    2. (ii) commencing during the periods from 1st May to 15th June inclusive, and from 1st to 15th October inclusive, 80 per cent. of the normal tourist class round trip fare in 1968;
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  4. (d) Control for holidays on night flights to all destination in the German Federal Republic (including West Berlin, but excluding Munich) commencing during the period 1st May to 15th October inclusive, on weekend

Peak Day Peak Night Off-Peak Day Off-Peak Night
£ s £ s £ s £ s
Ljubljana/Pula … … … … 48 12 WE 44 17 44 17 41 3
MW41 3
Split … … … … 59 15 50 14 50 14 46 2
Dubrovnik … … … … 61 8 53 3 53 3 48 5
Burgas/Constanta/Varna … … … … 62 9 62 9 56 4 56 4
Corfu … … … … 70 4 70 4 64 0 64 0
Pyrgos … … … … 70 4 70 4 64 0 64 0
Athens … … … … 72 3 72 3 65 12 65 12
Heraklion … … … … 77 14 77 14 70 7 70 7
Rhodes … … … … 79 15 79 15 72 9 72 9
Istanbul … … … … 74 0 74 0 67 4 67 4
Izmir … … … … 76 0 76 0 69 6 69 6
Ankara … … … … 80 17 80 17 73 10 73 10
Tunis … … … … 63 0 56 15 56 15 56 15
Djerba … … … … 70 0 63 19 63 19 63 19
Canary Islands … … … … 69 6 69 6 69 6 69 6
Madeira … … … … 61 19 61 19 61 19 61 19

Note:

Peak—16th June to September inclusive.

Off Peak—1st April to 15th June inclusive and 16th September to 31st October inclusive

Definitions

Midweek to extend from Monday day through Thursday night, or longer where prescribed by I.A.T.A.

Night to extend from 2000 hours to 0829 hours, or longer where prescribed by I.A.T.A.

ADD-ONS FOR PROVINCIAL DEPARTURES SCHEDULE 1
Aberdeen £9
Inverness
Kirkwall
Lerwick
Wick
Barra £7
Belfast
Benbecula
Campbeltown
Dundee
Edinburgh
Enniskillen
Glasgow
Islay
Isle of Man
Londonderry
Perth
Prestwick
Stornoway
Tiree
Blackpool £5
Carlisle
Newcastle
Tees-side
Chester £4
Hull
Leeds/ Bradford
Liverpool
Manchester

flights 75 per cent., and on midweek flights 65 per cent. respectively, of the normal tourist class round trip fare in 1968.

Certain more distant destinations, the following control prices to apply.

Barnstaple £3
Brawdy
Bristol
Cardiff
Exeter
Helston
Penzance
Plymouth
Newquay
Scilly Isles
Staverton
Swansea
Abingdon £2
Birmingham
Cambridge
Coventry
East Midlands
Norwich
Bournemouth No add-on. Common rate with London
Ipswich
Luton
Lympne
Manston (Ashford)
Portsmouth
Rochester
Sandown
Shoreham
Southampton
Southend
Stansted
Thorney Island