BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

That this House welcomes Birmingham International Airport's plans to attract transatlantic services between Birmingham and the United States of America; notes the overwhelming call by West Midlands business sector to provide such services; further notes that the economic regeneration of the area will be substantially enhanced if scheduled transatlantic services existed; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Transport to allow United States airline operators to provide such services, since British airlines already have such rights but are choosing not to exercise them at the present time.