Written question asked by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 26 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 March 2009. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 April 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Falkland Islands: Aviation
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) on how many occasions in each of the last three years flights between the UK and the Falklands Islands were cancelled because weather conditions prevented aircraft from landing on Ascension Island;
- Answer
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Since September 2006 no flights between the UK and the Falklands Islands have been cancelled owing to weather conditions preventing aircraft from landing on Ascension Island. Records prior to this are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In the event of Ascension Island being closed to aircraft, alternative routes between the UK and the Falkland Islands would be managed on a case by case basis.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 490 c1278-9W;490 c1274-5W; 267938
- Session
- 2008-09
- Subjects
- Aviation Falkland Islands
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