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) the Netherlands, (ii) Luxembourg and (iii) Malta in each of the last five years. (276900)

The following tables show the number of scheduled and charter flights departing from British airports to the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Malta in each of the last five years.

*Table 1: Scheduled flights from British airports to the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Malta*
Thousand
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Netherlands	45.8	46.5	49.7	51.3	46.0
Luxembourg	3.4	3.7	3.7	4.2	3.7
Malta	2.7	2.9	2.8	3.1	3.2
Source: DfT analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data.

*Table 2: Charter flights from British airports to the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Malta*
Thousand
	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Netherlands	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Luxembourg	¹—	¹—	¹—	0	¹—
Malta	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.2	0.7
¹ Less than 50 flights. Source: DfT analysis of Civil Aviation Authority data.

Volume 493: debated on Monday 1 June 2009