Higher Airline Coach Fares,?
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THE fare for airline passengers travelling by coach from Prestwick airport to Glasgow terminal may be raised from 7s. 6d. to 10s. British Overseas Airways Corporation and the ' Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd., made appropriate applications to the Scottish
• Licensing Authority last week. They also , wished to double the 2s. 6d. Prestwick-Kilmarnock fare.
Mr. G. D. Ramsay, of Western S.M.T., said that they held a licence to carry paisengers for the Scandinavian Airline System and Royal Dutch Airlines (K.L.M.). The coach service was provided under a guarantee and the difference between the fares collected-and the operating costs was made good by the airlines. This difference was increasing and was, in the company's view, now too large.
The Airline Traffic Committee for Scotland had agreed that the proposed new fares were reasonable. K.L.M. had opposed the increases and stated that the existing 7s. 6d, fare for the Prestwick Glasgow journey was extremely high in comparison with other fares all over the world.
Between January 1 and July 19 this year, the cost of the S.A.S. coach contract amounted to £2,763. Fares collected totalled £1,344 and S.A.S. had to pay a subsidy of £1,419.
Decision was reserved.