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Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many commercial flights were made from British airports in each of the last five years; and what percentage were (a) four hours or longer and (b) four hours or less. [129800]
Mr. McNulty
The available information is as follows:
| Commercial air transport movements1: United Kingdom | |||
| Percentage | |||
| Number (thousand) | Short haul2 | Long haul | |
| 1998 | 1,504 | 88.6 | 11.4 |
| 1999 | 1,580 | 88.6 | 11.4 |
| 2000 | 1,663 | 88.7 | 11.3 |
| 2001 | 1,690 | 89.0 | 11.0 |
| 2002 | 1,683 | 89.2 | 10.8 |
| 1 Landings and take-offs of aircraft engaged in commercial air transport. Includes all scheduled movements (loaded or empty) and loaded charter movements, but excludes empty positioning flights. | |||
| 2 Domestic flights, flights between the UK and Europe or North Africa, and flights to/from oil rigs. | |||
Source:
Civil Aviation Authority