HC Deb 21 January 1969 vol 776 cc76-9W
45. Mr. Onslow

asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the international air routes for which licences have been issued to British civil airlines, but which are not currently being operated, together with the names of the operators concerned and the date of grant of the original licence.

Mr. William Rodgers

Yes. The list indicates also the destinations on the routes in question which are served by the operator under another licence.

Following is the list:

Route Licence Holder Licence No. Effective date Remarks
London/Crete ditto A5454 1. 1.68 Suspended to 31.3.70
London/Split ditto A5982 1. 4.68 Suspended to 31.3.70
London/Almeria ditto A5983 1. 4.68 Suspended to 31.3.69
London/via optional intermediate points/Marrakesh. ditto A6272 1.11.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
London/Athens† (optional)/Izmir ditto A6404 1. 4.69 Suspended to 31.3.70
Glasgow/Manchester (optional)/Brussels. ditto A6405 1. 4.71
Glasgow and/or Manchester†/Copenhagen† and/or Stockholm. ditto A6406 1. 4.69 Suspended to 31.3.70
Glasgow and/or Manchester/Rome ditto A6407 1. 4.70
East Midlands/Basle British Midlands Airways Ltd. A5272 1. 5.66 Suspended to 31.3.69
East Midlands/Rotterdam and/or Amsterdam. ditto A6151 1. 4.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
London/via optional intermediate points/Singapore†. B.O.A.C A418* 30. 3.61 Suspended to 29.3.69
London/via optional intermediate points/Aden. ditto A427* 30. 3.61 Suspended to 29.3.69
London/via optional intermediate points/Los Angeles and/or San Francisco†. ditto A437* 30. 3.61
London/via optional intermediate points/Shanghai and/or Hong Kong†. ditto A438* 30. 3.61
Nassau/via optional intermediate points/Lima and/or Santiago. ditto A468* 30. 3.61 Suspended to 29.3.69
London/Frankurt† ditto A5166 1. 4.66
London/via optional intermediate points/Beirutt and/or Damascus. ditto A6085 1. 4.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
Southend or Lydd or Bournemouth and/or London/Basle (optional)/Geneva. British Air Ferries Ltd. A1326 1. 9.61
Southend† or Lydd and/or London/Ostend† (optional)/Strasbourg (optional)/Basle. ditto A1327 1. 9.61
Jersey and/or Guernsey/via optional intermediate points/Cherbourg or Dinard. ditto A3400 29.10.63 Suspended to 31.3.69
Southampton or Bournemouth or Gatwick/Cherbourg. ditto A3402 29.10.63 Suspended to 14.3.69
Lydd or Manston/Calais ditto A3404 29.10.63 Suspended to 14.3.69
Coventry and/or Southend†/Le Touquet and/or Calais†. ditto A3552 15. 3.64 Suspended to 14.3.69
Coventry/Cherbourg ditto A3553 15. 3.64 Suspended to 14.3.69
Southend/via optional intermediate points/Liege/Geneva (optional). ditto A3554 15. 3.64 Suspended to 14.3.69
Lydd and/or Bournemouth/Bordeaux ditto A3555 15. 3.64 Suspended to 14.3.69
Lydd/Nimes ditto A3556 15. 3.64 Suspended to 14.3.69
Manchester/East Midlands/Rotterdam. ditto A5146 1. 4.66 Suspended to 31.3.69
Southend/Calais† and/or Le Touquet ditto A7325 1.10.68 Southend/Calais operated under A5299.
London (Gatwick)/Paris British United Airways Ltd. A1002 1. 4.63 Suspended to 31.5.69
London (Gatwick)/Milan ditto A1008 1. 4.63 Suspended to 31.3.69
London (Gatwick)/Lisbon† (optional) /Madeira. ditto A1022 1. 4.63
London (Gatwick)/Athens ditto A1025 1. 4.63 Suspended to 30.4.69
London (Gatwick)/Basle ditto A1026 1. 5.63 Suspended to 30.4.69
London (Gatwick)/Barcelona and/or Gerona. ditto A1028 1. 5.63 Suspended to 30.4.69
London (Gatwick)/Tarbes ditto A1029 1. 5.63 Suspended to 30.4.69
London (Gatwick)/Seville ditto A2902 1. 4.63 Suspended to 30.6.69
Glasgow/Dusseldorf and/or Frankfurt ditto A5205 1. 5.66
Glasgow and/or Newcastle/Blackpool (optional)/Amsterdam and/or Dusseldorf. British United Island Airways. A3731 27. 2.64
Southampton/Dinard ditto A4565 1.11.65
Route Licence Holder Licence No. Effective date Remarks
London (Gatwick) and/or Southampton and/or Le Havre and/or Deau ville. ditto A4566 1.11.65
Glasgow or Prestwick/Barcelona/Ibiza (optional). Caledonian Airways (Prestwick) Ltd. A5223 1. 3.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
Glamorgan and/or Bristol/Barcelona Cambrian Airways Ltd. A6174 1. 4.68
Glamorgan and/or London/Nuremburg. ditto A6207 1. 4.68 Suspended to 31.3.69
Birmingham/Cork ditto A6442 1. 4.68
Tees-side/Palma Channel Airways Ltd A6284 1.10.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
Tees-side/Basle ditto A6286 1. 6.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
East Midlands and/or Tees-side/Copenhagen and/or Stockholm. ditto A7241 1.10.68 Suspended to 31.3.69
Swansea via intermediate points/Basle. Dan Air Services Ltd. A6152 1. 4.67 Suspended to 31.3.69
East Midlands via intermediate points/Tours or Poitiers. Skyways Coach Air Ltd. A4443 30. 4.65
London/Dublin British Eagle International Airlines Ltd. A1054 1. 4.63
Manchester and/or Birmingham/Nice ditto A1064 1. 4.63
Liverpool via intermediate points/Dinard and/or La Baule. ditto A2425 1. 4.63
Manchester via intermediate points/Luxembourg and/or Innsbruck. ditto A3855 1.11.64
Glasgow via intermediate points/Pisa ditto A4298 1. 4.65
London via optional points/Stuttgart ditto A4299 1. 5.65
London/Tunis and/or Djerba and/or Monastir. ditto A4643 1. 4.66
London/Palma ditto A5157 1. 5.66
Liverpool/via intermediate points/Rimini and/or Forli and/or Pescara. ditto A5365 24. 8.66
Liverpool/via intermediate points/Perpignan and/or Gerona. ditto A7196 1. 4.68
Birmingham/via intermediate points/Palma and/or Ibiza. ditto A7197 29. 3.68
Liverpool/via intermediate points/Rotterdam and/or Frankfurt. ditto A7507 1. 7.68
Glasgow/Dublin British Eagle (Liverpool) Ltd. A4367 1. 5.65
Liverpool via intermediate optional points/Ostend. ditto A5187 11. 3.66
* These licences were granted under the Civil Aviation (Transitional Licences) Orders and were in continuation of licences held prior to the setting up of the Air Transport Licensing Board.
† The destinations marked are served by the licence holder by through flights operated under his other licences.