Aviation: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) scheduled and (b) charter flights there were from British airports to (i) Belgium, (ii) Finland and (iii) Greece in each of the last five years. (275830)

The following tables show the number of scheduled and charter flights departing from British airports to Belgium, Finland and Greece in each of the last five years.

*Table 1: Scheduled flights from British airports to Belgium, Finland and Greece*
	Thousand
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium	16.6	16.1	16.2	16.9	14.9
Finland	3.5	3.3	3.8	3.6	3.7
Greece	4.2	3.8	4.2	4.5	5.2
Source: DFT analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data

*Table 2: Charter flights from British airports to Belgium, Finland and Greece*
	Thousand
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Finland	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5
Greece	11.9	11.3	11.1	10.3	9.2
¹ Less than 100 flights Source: DFT analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data

Volume 492: debated on Friday 15 May 2009