§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the flights on which seats were for sale to civilians to and from the Falkland Islands in 1992 and 1993 and to date in 1994, and which arrived either at RAF Mount Pleasant or at RAF Brize Norton more than two hours late.
§ Mr. HanleyThe information requested is available only for flights into RAF Mount Pleasant, and is as follows:
1992 1993 11994 Number of flights with seats for sale to civilians 92 80 21 Number delayed by two hours or more 23 13 5 1To date. Information on the number of flights from the Falkland Islands arriving at RAF Brize Norton more than two hours late is not recorded centrally and figures could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Because of the length of the route, the unpredictable weather in the Falkland Islands and the limitations of en-route services such as air traffic control, a greater level of delays can be expected on the United Kingdom to Falkland Islands route than on many more widely used routes.