§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will tabulate the short tons of air freight lifted into and out of Leeds-Bradford airport for each year since 1959.
§ Mr. NobleFollowing is the information:
FREIGHT SET DOWN AND PICKED UP AT LEEDS/BRADFORD AIRPORT Year Set down Short Tons Picked up 1959 129.8 226.9 1960 216.3 383.1 1961 212.6 291.7 1962 202.6 407.4 1963 272.2 532.7 1964 389.7 681.5 1965 535.4 764.6 1966 818.9 1,065.0 1967 1,028.1 1,089.5 1968 1,186.6 1,341.8 1969 1,037.2 1,303.2 January to September, 1970 655.7 676.3
§ Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will list the yearly number of scheduled 268W domestic passenger-carrying air movements into and out of Leeds-Bradford airport from 1959 to 1970, inclusive.
§ Mr. NobleThe statistics that are available follow; separate figures of scheduled domestic take-offs and landings were not compiled before 1967.
NUMBER OF DOMESTIC AIR TRANSPORT* MOVEMENTS INTO AND OUT OF LEEDS-BRADFORD AIRPORT All Domestic Departure Scheduled only Departure Year Arrival Arrival 1959 999 992 — — 1960 1,414 1,450 — — 1961 1,751 1,773 — — 1962 1,939 1,937 — — 1963 2,524 2,547 — — 1964 3,284 3,314 — — 1965 4,255 4,314 — — 1966 4,194 4,286 — — 1967 3,998 4,039 3,553 3,551 1968 3,917 4,018 3,454 3,454 1969 3,928 4,034 3,491 3,483 January to November, 1970 — — 2,604 2,604 * Including some all cargo flights.