§ Sir Brian MawhinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when in the last 12 months the Civil Aviation Authority delivered decisions on route applications; and if he will state in each case(a) the route concerned, (b) the competing airlines, (c) the CAA's de vision, (d) his decision on whether to accept the CAA's decision and (e) on those occasions when the CAA decision was rejected by him, to which airline he awarded the route. [125193]
§ Mr. MullinThe following four route licence applications have been determined by the CAA during the last 12 months:
Decision 1/99 of 12 October 1999; UK-South Africa (apportionment of scarce bilateral capacity); British Airways and Virgin Atlantic; the CAA decided in favour of Virgin Atlantic; British Airways did not appeal.
Decision 2/99 of 25 November 1999; London Stansted-Geneva/Zurich; EasyJet and Go; the CAA decided in favour of Go; EasyJet did not appeal.
Decision 3/99 of 3 December 1999; London-Shanghai (apportionment of scarce bilateral capacity); British Airways and Virgin Atlantic; the CAA decided in favour of Virgin Atlantic; British Airways appealed to the Secretary of State who upheld the CAA's decision.
Decision 4/99 of 23 December 1999; UK-South Africa(apportionment of scarce bilateral capacity); British Airways and Virgin Atlantic; the CAA decided in favour of Virgin Atlantic; the Secretary of State overturned the decision on appeal and directed the CAA to award the available capacity to British Airways.