§ Mr. Brittanasked the Secretary of State for Trade why London Heathrow Airport is to be closed to general aviation flights in the 1980s.
§ Mr. Clinton DavisIt is the policy of the British Airports Authority to give priority to airline operations at Heathrow Airport; consequently the Authority has said in a consultative document that the forecast growth of air traffic is such that there is unlikely to be any significant runway capacity available for general aviation at Heathrow after 1980. A study of general aviation requirements in South-East England is now being made jointly by the Civil Aviation Authority and the Standing Conference on London and South East Regional Planning.