§ 62. Sir S. McAddenasked the Minister of Aviation how many flights on non-scheduled services other than trooping contracts were undertaken by foreign airline operators from this country to overseas territories during 1963; how many passengers were carried on them; 56W and what are the comparable figures for British airline operators.
§ Mr. AmeryStatistics of traffic at United Kingdom airports show that in the year ended 30th September 1963, 9,700 flights on non-scheduled services were made by foreign airline operators between this country and overseas territories, and 14,600 flights to and from overseas territories were made by British airline operators, other than trooping flights.
The numbers of passengers carried were respectively 489,000 and 651,000.