HC Deb 19 January 1949 vol 460 cc34-5W
77. Mr. Parker

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what air services exist within British Guiana and between British Guiana and the British West Indies; and by whom they are operated.

Mr. Creech Jones

British Guiana Airways (a company controlled by the Colonial Government) operates weekly services within British Guiana from Georgetown to Potaro, and from Georgetown to Kamakusa; fortnightly services from Georgetown to Good Hope in the Northern Savannah, and from Georgetown via Wichabai to Lumid Pau; and a monthly service from Georgetown to Apoteri.

This Company also operates a special weekly service from Georgetown to St. Vincent at the request of the Government of St. Vincent.

British West Indian Airways (a subsidiary of British South American Air- ways) operates a weekly service from Barbados to Georgetown and three services a week from Port-of-Spain in Trinidad to Georgetown. The Pan American Airways service from New York via Sanjuan and Trinidad to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, calls at Georgetown once a week.