HC Deb 03 July 1985 vol 82 cc162-3W
Mr. Hayward

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether any extra scheduled international services for Manchester international airport are proposed for commencement in 1986.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Twenty seven applications for licences to serve international destinations from Manchester are now with the Civil Aviation Authority. It has been agreed that from April 1986 British Airways and SIA will be able to operate up to three services per week each from Manchester to Singapore. We also hope to begin negotiations soon with the US Government about the basis on which US carriers may operate services into Manchester.

Mr. Hayward

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will identify those 33 international scheduled services now operating from Manchester to which he referred during the debate on airports policy on 17 June, Official Report, column 37.

Mr. Michael Spicer

The 33 destinations served from Manchester by international scheduled services are as follows:

City City City City
Amsterdam Dubrovnik Milan Paris
Athens Dusseldorf Montpellier Pula
Bangkok Frankfurt Munich Rome
Barcelona Geneva New York Shannon
Bergen Larnaca Nice Stavanger
Brussels Madrid Oslo Sydney
Copenhagen Malta Palma Tel Aviv
Cork Melbourne Paphos Zurich
Dublin

Mr. Hayward

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will identify those 14 international scheduled services from Manchester which have commenced in the current year to which he referred during the debate on airport policy on 17 June, Official Report, column 37.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Scheduled services, which are either to new destinations or by carriers new to the routes, have been introduced from Manchester to:

City City City City
Bergen Larnaca Munich Palma
Dusseldorf (2nd carrier) (2 services) Paphos
(2nd carrier) Malta New York Stavanger
Geneva Monpelier Oslo Tel Aviv