Lord Soley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Soley on 2016-06-08.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Verma on 7 June (HL Deb, col 663), what is meant by the phrase depend on securing the right aircraft”.”

Baroness Verma

We are seeking to establish commercial air services using the southern approach to the runway where wind shear is not a significant issue. A number of aircraft types have been identified which should offer reasonable performance using a southern approach (the Airbus A318 and A319, Boeing 737-600 and 737-700). We are in discussions with airlines on how we can bring one of these into service.