§ Mr. Gwilym Robertsasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will impose restrictions in connection with the new special regulations area granted to Luton Airport in order to minimise the stacking of aircraft over the north and west of Luton and over Dunstable, and to limit the expansion of the use of the airport.
§ Mr. William RodgersProposals for a special form of controlled airspace in the vicinity of Luton Airport have been circulated to members of the Civil Aviation Control Advisory Committee, on which the major air users are represented, and are under consideration.
The present proposals do not involve the stacking of aircraft over the north and west of Luton and over Dunstable, but in any event the number of aircraft which might have to be held waiting to land at any time would be small in number even at busiest periods. There is no reason to believe that the air traffic 94W situation at Luton cannot be dealt with by suitable methods of air traffic control.