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32.
Mr. Lennox-Boyd
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the comparative landing fees at Government-owned aerodromes in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A., Switzerland, France, Holland and Belgium, and the Scandinavian countries.
Mr. Lindgren
Owing to the variety and complexity of methods which landing charges are assessed, it is not possible to present an exact comparison for the countries named, but I attach a table of most of typical charges for two types of aircraft. I should, however, add that the revision
| RATES OF LANDING CHARGES FOR DAKOTA AND CONSTELLATION AIRCRAFT AT GOVERNMENT-OWNED | |||||||
| AIRPORTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES. | |||||||
| Country. (1) | Landing Charges. | Remarks. (4) | |||||
| Dakota. (2) | Constellation. (3) | ||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| UNITED KINGDOM | 5 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 6 | — |
| BELGIUM | 4 | 10 | 7 | — | (a) Surcharge for Night Landings: Dakota —£2 16s. 7d. | ||
| (b) Surcharge for Night Departure: | |||||||
| (i) After landing the same night: Dakota—£2 16s. 7d. | |||||||
| (ii) After landing during the day: Dakota—£4 4s. 11d. | |||||||
| DENMARK | 5 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 0 | Additional charge for Lighting: 12s. 5d. per hour or part thereof. |
| FRANCE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | Surcharge for Night Landing: £2 2S. 0d. |
| HOLLAND— | |||||||
| (a) Intercontinental | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | Surcharge for Night Landing: £1 17s. 0d. |
| (b) European | 1 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | Surcharge for Night Landing: £1 8s. 0d. |
| NORWAY | 5 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | Additional Charge for Lighting: Dakota —£1 10s. 0d. |
| SWEDEN | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | Night Illumination: £2 1s. 5d. | ||
| SWITZERLAND | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | (a) Surcharge for Night Landing: 14s. 5d. |
| (b) There is also a Handling Charge of £11 us. 0d. for turn-round of each passenger aircraft (of Dakota-weight class) operating into Switzerland. This charge includes certain services not elsewhere covered by landing charges. | |||||||
| UNITED STATES (La Guardia Airport, N.Y., not Government-owned)— | (a) The rates given are subject to an additional £1,000 per annum paid by each scheduled operator for the privilege of scheduled operations, and also to the assumption that the operator uses only the type of aircraft named. | ||||||
| 1 landing per week | 10 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1 landing per day | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 landings per day | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
| 10 landings per day | 19 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | (b) Recent figures are not available for Washington, the only state-owned airfield in the U.S.A. | |
| Non-scheduled Operators. | 5 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |