HC Deb 27 November 1969 vol 792 c141W
Mr. Lubbock

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the 600 metre minimum runway visual range prescribed for passenger aircraft also applies to all non-passenger-carrying flights and to executive aircraft.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts

The limitation applies to public transport aircraft regardless of whether passengers are being carried. It does not apply to public transport aircraft registered in the United Kingdom on flights which do not exceed 60 minutes in duration and which are

  1. (a) Flights solely for training persons to perform duties in an aircraft, or
  2. (b) Flights intended to begin and end at the same aerodrome.

Executive aircraft which are not public transport aircraft are not at present required by regulation to comply with weather minima, but the problem is kept under continuous review.

"Public transport aircraft" is defined as meaning an aircraft flying, or intended by the operator of the aircraft to fly, for the purpose of public transport.