HC Deb 19 June 1978 vol 952 c22W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether trials on low power/low drag landing and take-off techniques at Heathrow Airport are now fully completed; what recommendations have been proposed as a result of these trials; whether the experiment is likely to be extended to other airports, including Abbots-inch, Glasgow; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Clinton Davis

The trials of continuous descent and low power/low drag approach procedures at Heathrow have been completed and a full report on them will be available shortly. These procedures, which promise appreciable environmental benefits, have already been adopted as the standard method of approach at Heathrow. Similar trials are now in progress at Gatwick and it will be for the Civil Aviation Authority to consider their extension to other airports.