§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from the British independent airlines concerning the proposed British Airways/British Caledonian merger.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe proposed merger has been referred by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. Several airlines made representations to my right hon. Friend before the referral and all subsequent representations have been made to the commission. The commission's business is conducted in private and I cannot therefore disclose details of evidence which has been copied to my right hon. Friend.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of them-percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich, Paris and Zurich;
(2) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Amsterdam;
(3) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Brussels;
(4) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Copenhagen;
(5) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Frankfurt;
(6) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Geneva;
(7) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Munich;
(8) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Paris;
(9) what would be the combined market share of British Airways and British Caledonian in terms of their percentage of the British share of scheduled traffic to Zurich.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe most recently available published information is for traffic from London airports in 1985. It is as follows:
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United Kingdom airlines' share of traffic BA/BCal share of traffic carried by United Kingdom airlines Per cent. Per cent. Amsterdam 49 94 Brussels 55 97 Copenhagen 42 100 Frankfurt 29 100 Geneva 57 100 Munich 58 95 Paris 52 98 Zurich 42 84 Total (for all eight routes) 48 96 Source: The International Civil Aviation Organisation's report "Traffic by Flight Stage". Routes from London to the destinations shown comprise services from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton airports.