HC Deb 31 October 2002 vol 391 c989W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 22 October 2002,Official Report, columns 157–58W, on air passengers, if he will estimate the forecast for air travel in 2030 based on a 1 per cent. per annum increase in air fares in real terms over the forecasting period. [78547]

Mr. Jamieson

The forecasts of air traffic demand for 2030, published in "The Future Development of Air Transport in the United Kingdom: South East", assumed a 1 per cent. per annum reduction in air fares in real fares. The resulting forecasts of unconstrained passenger demand for 2030 were 501 million passengers nationally and 301 million passengers in the south-east.