§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if his Department has carried out a study into the possible incorporation of conflict alert equipment into the British air traffic control system, as installed at Eurocontrol Maastricht.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThis is a matter for the national air traffic service and the Civil Aviation Authority. I will draw my hon. Friend's question to the attention of the authority's chairman.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when flow control will be introduced into British air space; and for how long it will be a feature of the United Kingdom's air traffic control system.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyAir traffic flow management in the United Kingdom is a matter for the national air traffic service and the Civil Aviation Authority. I will draw my hon. Friend's question to the attention of the authority's chairman.
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) which European countries will introduce flow control procedures into their air traffic control systems in the current year;
(2) what plans are being made for co-ordinating management by European countries of air traffic flow management flow control, when it is introduced in the summer.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyI understand from the Civil Aviation Authority that 12 air traffic flow management units co-ordinate on behalf of the International Civil Aviation Organisation air traffic flows at peak periods over the following European countries:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czechoslovakia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Federal Republic of Germany
- German Democratic Republic
- Greece
- Hungary
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
562 - Romania
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Yugoslavia
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what annual capital investment in air traffic control equipment is planned by the Civil Aviation Authority for the next five years.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe CAA's planned annual capital investment in air traffic control equipment and associated buildings for this financial year and for the next four years is as follows:
Capital investment outturn prices Financal year £ million 1987–88 24 1988–89 34 1989–90 38 1990–91 47 1991–92 52
§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the annual capital investment in air traffic control equipment by the Civil Aviation Authority over the last 10 years.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Civil Aviation Authority's annual capital investment in air traffic control equipment and associated buildings over the last 10 years was as follows:
Financial year Capital investment £ million 1977–78 13 1978–79 8 1979–80 7 1980–81 24 1981–82 27 1982–83 30 1983–84 26 1984–85 20 1985–86 21 1986–87 24