§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Trade (1) what are the names of the independent airlines that have been granted licences by the Civil Aviation Authority in the last 12 months; and which routes these airlines cover;
(2) how many applications for licences have been received by the Civil Aviation Authority from independent airlines in the last 12 months; how many have been refused; how many granted; and how many are still under consideration.
§ Mr. TebbitThe numbers of applications from independent airlines dealt with between 1 July 1979 and 30 June 1980 were as follows:
A. Charter service licence applications Applications received … 91 Refused … … … 6 Granted … … … 55 Not decided … … … 14 Withdrawn … … … 16
B. Scheduled service licence applications (1) New and continued Licences Received … … … 79 Refused … … … 14 Granted … … … 30 Not decided … … … 26 Withdrawn … … … 9 (2) Variations to add new points Received … … … 36 Refused … … … 8 Granted … … … 11 Not decided … … … 15 Withdrawn … … … 2 The details of the names of the airlines and the routes involved are given in the Civil Aviation Authority's Official Record, series 2.
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LICENCES GRANTED 1 JULY 1979–30 JUNE 1980 A. CHARTER SERVICE LICENCES Airline Route Remarks Air UK Norwich-Basle Inclusive tours Norwich-Dusseldorf Inclusive tours. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Group Charter flights. Alderney Air Ferries Alderney-Hurn ABC flights. Alderney-Hurn Inclusive tours. Alderney-Hurn Group Charter flights. Alidair United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Inclusive tours. Birmingham-Jersey Inclusive tours. Leeds/Bradford-Jersey Inclusive tours. Exeter-Jersey Inclusive tours. Cardiff-Jersey Inclusive tours. Coventry-Guernsey Inclusive tours. Britannia Airways United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe ABC flights. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow))-Channel Islands, Isle of Man ABC flights. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Group Charter flights. British Air Ferries Southend-Jersey-Coventry-Jersey-Southend Inclusive tours. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Inclusive tours. British Caledonian (Charter) United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe ABC flights. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Inclusive tours. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Group Charter flights. United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Sudan Cargo. United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Zambia Cargo. United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man-United Arab Emirates Cargo. Dan Air Services United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe ABC flights. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow))-Channel Islands, Isle of Man ABC flights London (Gatwick) and/or Manchester-Tel Aviv and/or Eliat Inclusive tours. Newcastle-Jersey Inclusive tours. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Group Charter flights Express Air Services Worldwide Cargo.
Airline Route Remarks Gibraltar Airways Gibraltar-points in Europe and North Africa ABC flights. Gibraltar-Lisbon and/or Tarbes and/or Rome and/or Faro ABC flights. Jersey European Airways Glasgow and/or Edinburgh-Jersey Inclusive tours. Newcastle-Jersey Inclusive tours. Belfast-Jersey Inclusive tours. Laker Airways United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe ABC flights. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Caribbean area, Canada and United States of America. ABC flights. London (Gatwick)-Tel Aviv Inclusive tours. London (Gatwick) and/or Manchester-Colombo Inclusive tours. London (Gatwick) and/or Manchester-Miami Group Charter flights. Monarcn Airlines United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands Isle of Man-Europe ABC flights. Luton-Larnaca Inclusive tours. Luton-St. Lucia and/or Antigua Inclusive tours. Luton and/or Manchester-Tel Aviv Inclusive tours. United Kingdom (excluding London (Heathrow)), Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Group Charter flights. Luton-St. Lucia and/or Antigua Group Charter flights. Orion Airways United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man-Europe Inclusive tours. TAC Heavy Lift World wide Cargo. Tradewinds Airways United Kingdom-Libya Cargo. United Kingdom-Egypt Cargo. United Kingdom-Uganda Cargo. United Kingdom-Kenya Cargo. In addition the following companies were granted sole use charter licences for North Sea operations:—
Helicopter Hire Ltd.
McAlpine Helicopters.
British Executive Air Services.
Gleneagles Helicopters Ltd.
Management Aviation Ltd.
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B. SCHEDULE SERVICE LICENCES (1) NEW AND CONTINUED LICENCES Airline Route Remarks Air Ecosse Dundee-Manchester — Air UK Leeds/Bradford-Belfast — Isle of Man-Manchester — Guernsey-London (Heathrow) — Jersey-Edinburgh — Belfast-Amsterdam — Leeds/Bradford-Dublin — Stansted-Amsterdam — Aberdeen-Stavanger Optional stop: Edinburgh. Edinburgh and/or Newcastle and/or Leeds/Bradford-Brussels — British Caledonian Airways London (Gatwick)-London (Heathrow) Continuation of an existing licence London (Gatwick)-St. Louis and/or Denver — London (Gatwick)-Helsinki — London (Gatwick)-Hong Kong — London (Gatwick) and/or Manchester and/or Prestwick and/or Glasgow-point or points in Brazil and/or Uruguay and/or Paraguay and/or Chile and/or Argentina. Continuation of an existing licence Optional stops: Madrid, Lisbon Freetown, Tunis, Tenerife Monrovia, Accra, Lagos, Ascension Las Palmas. London (Gatwick)-Vienna — London (Gatwick)-Cologne — London (Gatwick)-Hamburg — London (Gatwick)-Hannover — London (Gatwick)-Stuttgart —
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Airline Route Remarks British Midland Airways Belfast-Guernsey and/or Jersey Continuation of an existing licence. Teeside and/or East Midlands-Belfast (optional stop: Luton) Continuation of an existing licence. London (Heathrow)-Leeds/Bradford — Glasgow-Guernsey and/or Jersey — Manchester and/or East Midlands and/or Birmingham-Palma Continuation of an existing licence. East Midlands-Paris Continuation of an existing licence. Brymon Aviation Plymouth and/or Newquay-Jersey and/or Guernsey and/or Alderney Continuation of an existing licence. Cathay Pacific Airways London (Gatwick)-Hong Kong Granted following appeal. Dan Air Services London (Gatwick)-Aberdeen — Bristol and/or Cardiff and/or Newcastle-Belfast — Staverton and/or Jersey and/or Guernsey Continuation of an existing licence. Newcastle-Isle of Man Continuation of an existing licence. London (Gatwick)-Munich — Bristol and/or Cardiff-Paris — Bristol and/or Cardiff and/or Newcastle-Dublin — Gibraltar Airways Gibraltar-Tangier and/or Casablanca and/or Marrakech and/or Tetuan and/or Lisbon and/or Madrid (added with effect from 4 June 1980). Continuation of an existing licence Express Air Services Liverpool-Glasgow — Glasgow and/or Liverpool and/or Southampton-Le Havre — Guernsey Airlines Guernsey-Manchester — Jersey European Airways Jersey and/or Guernsey-Stansted — Jersey and/or Guernsey-Granville Continuation of an existing licence Jersey and/or Guernsey-Brest and/or Paris — Laker Airways London (Gatwick)-Hong Kong Granted following appeal. London (Gatwick)-Miami — Loganair Prestwick and/or Edinburgh and/or Belfast and/or Aberdeen — Prestwick-Isle of Man — Skyways Aviation Lydd and/or Manston-Jersey and/or Guernsey —
(2) VARIATIONS ADDING NEW POINTS Airline Route Variation Air Ecosse Glasgow and/or Aberdeen and/or Dundee and/or Wick and/or Sumburgh Glasgow and Dundee added (No traffic rights: Aberdeen-Sumburgh Aberdeen-Glasgow, Sumburgh-Glasgow, Dundee-Wick or Sumburgh or Glasgow). Air UK Exeter and/or Bournemouth and/or Southampton and/or Southend and/or Stansted Southend and Stansted added. Blackpool-Manchester and/or Exeter and/or Edinburgh Exeter and Edinburgh added. Humberside and/or Teesside and/or Southampton-Glasgow Southampton added. British Caledonian Airways London (Gatwick)-Boston and/or Atlanta and/or Houston and/or Dallas/Forth Worth and/or Los Angeles (optional stops: Manchester, Prestwick, New York, Bangor). Los Angeles added for carriage of cargo only. British Midland Airways Isle of Man and/or Liverpool and/or London (Heathrow) Isle of Man added. Dan Air Services Leeds/Bradford-Bournemouth and/or Jersey and/or Guernsey Guernsey added. Bristol and/or Cardiff and/or Guernsey and/or Jersey Jersey added. Bristol and/or Cardiff and/or Swansea and/or London (Gatwick)-Cork and/or Shannon London (Gatwick) and Shannon added. London (Gatwick) and/or Lydd and/or Manston-Vichy and/or Clermont-Ferrand and/or Montplier and/or Perpignan and/or Toulouse. Toulouse added. Jersey European Airways Jersey and/or Guernsey-Carlisle and/or Prestwick and/or Newcastle Prestwick and Newcastle added. Loganair Kirkwall/Eday/Stronsay/Sanday/North Ronaldsway/Westray/Papa Westray/Hoy/Flotta/Fair Isle (all optional). Fair Isle added. Glasgow/Skye/Inverness/Farn/Dornoch/Wick/Kirkwall/Aberdeen/Dundee/Edinburgh Traffic rights authorised Edinburgh-Kirkwall.