§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on developments on the liberalisation of United Kingdom-United States air services.
§ Mr. MacGregorI am writing today to the United States Transportation Secretary saying that I am prepared to give exceptional approval for airlines to bring in new services to replace certain transatlantic routes which have recently been or are about to be suspended. I am therefore offering United States airlines rights to serve Manchester-Los Angeles and Stansted-New York-Chicago.
I am making this offer in order to help to maintain services for consumers while we continue to seek to make progress in securing a wider liberalisation of United 786W Kingdom-United States air services. I hope that the United States will soon be in a posiiton to return to the liberalisation negotiations. This offer is a further demonstration of my determination to secure liberal changes to the current air services agreement in the interests of consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.