asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, whether he has any statement to make on the formation of an Anglo-U.S.-Greek company to operate internal and external Greek air services.

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the names of the British, U.S. and Greek companies together forming the new company to operate Greek air lines.

Negotiations have been proceeding for some time between British European Airways Corporation, Trans-World Airlines, the National Bank of Greece and other Greek interests for the formation of a new Greek company to operate air services in and from Greece. It is proposed that the Greek interests shall have a majority holding, the minority holding being shared equally by British European Airways and Trans-World Airlines. Negotiations have reached an advanced stage, but the new company has not yet been formed.

Will the hon. Gentleman give us an assurance that everything will be done to see that the Americans do not take the whole of this market up by supplying their own aircraft, and that we get our fair share?

In actual fact, the company which this agreement will supersede have already on order British aircraft.

Good. Keep it up.