§ Mr. GardinerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what use has been made of the night-time quota period at Gatwick airport in the summer of the 1988 season, 1 April to 23 October; how many movements were carried out in this period(a) under quota and (b) by dispensation; and whether he will place on record details of the airlines and aircraft type concerned, and the reason for dispensation in each case.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe following were the total number of quota movements made by aircraft in each 793W night noise category at Gatwick during the period 1 April 1988 to 23 October 1988. Movement information broken down by aircraft type is not readily available.
Aircraft night noise category NN/A (delayed) NN/B NN/C Quota 60 3,300 1,130 Usage 57 3,300 1,130 The NN/B and NN/C usage figures include 176 movements unavoidably delayed into the night period because of runway resurfacing works.
The quota movements were used by individual airline operators as follows:
Airline NN/A (delayed) NN/B NN/C Air Europe 1 55 334 Air Malta — 23 — Athiaca — 8 — American Transair — 4 — ATI — 65 — Anglo Cargo — 3 — Aviogenex — 3 — Austrian Airlines — 7 1 BCal/Cal Air 18 317 7 British Air Ferries — 86 — British Island Airways 7 303 99 Britannia 1 369 314 BAL Air — 8 — British Airways — 1,035 18 Cathay Pacific — 74 — Continental Airlines — 4 — Dan Air 19 633 52 Delta Airlines — 10 — Hispania — 8 — Inex Adria — 3 — JAT — 3 — Monarch — 108 237 Nation Air — 4 — North West Airlines — 2 — Orion 1 113 65 Philippines — 4 — TAP — — 1 TWA — 6 2 Tunis Air — 29 — Uganda Airlines — 2 — Virgin Atlantic — 2 — Ward Air — 3 — Yemen Airways — 2 — ZAS — 4 — Other Airlines (Pool) 10 — — Total 57 3,300 1,130 During the course of the last summer season widespread and prolonged air traffic disruption affected operations at the airport. Gatwick Airport Ltd. (GAL) used its powers under the Civil Aviation Act 1982, S78 to disregard 1,581 movements delayed into the night period as a result of this disruption. Dispensations may also be granted for delays to aircraft which are likely to lead to serious congestion at the airport or serious hardship or suffering to passengers or animals. A further 13 dispensations were granted under this category. The numbers of movements disregarded by GAL, grouped by night noise category and airline were as follows:
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Aircraft night noise category Airline NN/A NN/B NN/C Total Air Europe 2 18 314 334 Britannia 0 56 37 93 BIA 30 119 57 206 BA/BCal/Cal Air 0 205 0 205 Monarch 1 5 242 248 Orion 0 61 149 210 Dan Air 104 163 26 293 ATI 0 5 0 5 1,594 All movement statistics have been supplied by Gatwick Airport Ltd.