HC Deb 08 May 1978 vol 949 c327W
28. Mr. Grimond

asked the Secretary of State for Trade what will be the increase in air traffic at Sumburgh Shetland and Grimsetter Orkney airports over the next five years.

Mr. Clinton Davis

There were 398,000 passengers at Sumburgh in 1977; the aerodrome is being developed to cater for 800,000 passengers a year.

At Kirkwall—Grimsetter—there were 112,000 passengers in 1977, and there are expected to be 134,000 in 1982.

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