HL Deb 22 June 1965 vol 267 cc495-6WA
THE EARL OF SELKIRK

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they can give, for any convenient week in May or June 1965, the number of commercial aircraft taking off from each of the airports in the United Kingdom at which customs facilities are provided direct to destinations outside the British Isles, showing:—

  1. (a) the number of British aircraft;
  2. (b) the number of foreign aircraft.

LORD SHACKLETON

For the week ending the 2nd May, 1965 (the latest for which information is available) the numbers were as follows:—

British Aircraft Foreign Aircraft
London (Heathrow) 649 776
Southend 275 16
Lydd 231 —
London (Gatwick) 161 14
Manchester 50 56
Birmingham 54 23
Prestwick 13 33
Bournemouth (Hurn) 43 1
Liverpool 3 32
Bristol (Lulsgate) 17 18
Luton 32 —
Glasgow (Renfrew) — 30
Leeds/Bradford 12 6
Belfast (Aldergrove) 4 6
Newcastle (Woolsington) 7 —
East Midlands (Castle Donnington) 6 1
Glamorgan (Rhoose) 3 2
Edinburgh (Turnhouse) — 4
Teeside (Middleton) 3 1
Blackpool (Squires Gate) 2 1
Isle of Man (Ronaldsway) — 3
Southampton 2 —
Stansted — 1

Note: Direct flights abroad are those from the last United Kingdom airport to the first destination overseas; thus, a flight London-Prestwick-Vancouver is included as a departure from Prestwick, not from London. The figures include flights to the Republic of Ireland.