§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions United Kingdom-registered airline operators have been(a) granted and (b) refused permission to operate aircraft registered in countries outside the European Union.
§ Mr. NorrisBetween 1 January and 31 December 1994 a total of 40 applications were received for the use of non-EU registered aircraft by United Kingdom airlines. Eight were for Swedish or Norwegian-registered aircraft to which the EC third aviation package applied from August 1993. These figures do not include late, short-term substitutions for aircraft which had become unserviceable due to technical problems. With one exception, all these applications were granted.