§ 31. Sir W. Darlingasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what customs, restaurant, cable, telephone and other reception facilities exist for Atlantic travellers at Heathrow; and how these compare with those at Prestwick.
Mr. Ivor ThomasThe Airport is being opened to international traffic at the urgent request of operators on 31st May. To achieve this date tents have had to be erected for a passengers' waiting room and buffet and for customs and control services pending the provision of more appropriate accommodation. Cable and telephone facilities are available on a limited scale. These purely temporary expedients are, of course, for the time being inferior to the facilities at Prestwick, but operators are prepared to accept them so that they may use the London Airport at once.