HC Deb 17 May 1982 vol 24 c7W
Mr. Steen

asked the Minister for Trade when the decision of the Civil Aviation Authority on the application by British Midland Airways for permission to compete with British Airways on the Heathrow to Glasgow and Heathrow to Edinburgh trunk routes was made known to British Midland Airways.

Mr. Sproat

The decision of the Civil Aviation Authority on the applications by British Midland Airways for permission to operate services on the Heathrow to Glasgow and Heathrow to Edinburgh routes was made on 21 October 1981. Both the British Airways Board and British Caledonian Airways objected to the applications.