§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact of the channel tunnel on development of traffic at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. [39390]
§ Mr. BowisThe Department of Transport's 1994 air traffic forecasts estimated the number of passengers the channel tunnel will divert away from the London airports taken together. No estimates were made of the likely impact on individual airports. The forecasts found that in 2010 between 7.6 and 12.8 million air passengers will divert to the channel tunnel from London airports.
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§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessments he has made of the effect of the opening of a fast rail link between London and the channel tunnel on the number of (i) air passengers and (ii) air traffic movements at Heathrow and Gatwick airports. [39391]
§ Mr. BowisThe Department of Transport's 1994 air traffic forecasts estimate diversion from air to the channel tunnel of 7.6 million passengers a year under the low scenario assuming no high-speed rail link from London is in place and 12.8 million under the high scenario which includes a high-speed rail link in addition to a number of other more favourable assumptions. The Department has made no individual forecasts of the impact of the high-speed rail link on air transport movements at Heathrow and Gatwick.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each of the last 10 years the average passengers per air traffic movement at Heathrow and Gatwick airports for(a) scheduled operations and (b) charter operations. [39511]
§ Mr. BowisThe table gives the figures requested:
Passengers per air traffic movement: 1986–1995 Heathrow Gatwick Scheduled Non-scheduled Scheduled Non-scheduled 1986 110 12 80 136 1987 116 11 87 146 1988 116 12 89 151 1989 116 12 91 148 1990 118 18 94 153 1991 113 25 96 154 1992 117 45 92 161 1993 122 41 92 164 1994 127 36 92 167 1995 130 33 92 172