I have given this matter the most careful consideration, in particular against the criteria set out in Section 3 of
the Act, and I found myself in disagreement with the Civil Aviation Authority in a number of ways: in particular I was convinced by Sir Freddie Laker's contention that there is a large untapped market for this route if fares are pitched
at the right level.
In his evidence he described this market as consisting of "the forgotten men and women at the bottom end of the market"
who might wish to fly if they could afford to do so. I find myself in agreement with this dynamic approach to civil aviation and in my view it should be acknowledged.
I also felt that the Authority had placed too much emphasis on the economics of the proposed additional services in the short term, and too little on the benefits to the development of the United Kingdom civil aviation industry generally of choice of service and competition on a route such as this in particular competition with other non-British airlines.
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