§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 20th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 313], gave the following information:
made in the building of a new airfield or possible lengthening of the new airstrip being built by Johnston Construction Limited in the Falkland Islands; and what size of aircraft would be capable of using the airstrip when it is completed.
§ Mr. JuddMy officials and the consulting engineers are taking every possible step to ensure that the airport, the construction of which is nearing completion, will be open to traffic by May of this year. In particular, certain deficiencies which have been discovered, for example in the surfacing of the airstrip, are now being rectified. The airport is being constructed to its original specifications. It will have a runway long enough for the commercial operation of aircraft up to the size of the Fokker F27 or the Hawker Siddeley HS748. Rather larger aircraft, for example the Fokker F28, could use the airport if they were loaded somewhat below their maximum capacity.