§ Mr. Kilfedderasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Aldergrove Airport was redeveloped; what was the expected passenger capacity it could cope with; and how many passengers have used Aldergrove in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. OrmeThe design capacity of the present terminal facilities at Belfast Airport, which were completed in 1963, is 900,000 passengers a year. The numbers of passengers per year have been as follows:
1970 … 1,117,000 1971 … 1,116,000 1972 … 1,189,000 1973 … 1,314,000 1974 (1.1.74 — 31.10.74) … 1,054,000