§ 66. Mr. Leadbitterasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to limit the age of aircraft chartered by travel agencies for package deal holiday trips; and if he will compel all agencies to notify travellers of the age and type of aircraft in use.
§ Mr. JayNo. All aircraft engaged on public transport operations are required to hold a valid Certificate of Airworthiness and are maintained in accordance with maintenance schedules approved by the Air Registration Board. The frequency and depth of the scheduled inspections required by the Air Registration Board on the older type of aircraft are considerably in excess of those required for modern aircraft. As regards the second part of the Question, the Air Transport Licensing Board licences for package deal holidays require that pas-290W sengers be informed through advertising, publicity or booking arrangements of the type of aircraft to be used.