asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport the number of passenger movements through State and local airports in 1985 and 1986; and the latest available data in the current year.

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose to circulate it in the Official Report.

Passenger Movements through State Airports

Passenger Movements through non-State Airports used for commercial traffic (see Note 1)

Notes:

(1) Statistics are not available for other non-State Airports catering for commercial traffic.

(2) Open from May 1986 only.

(3) Statistics for 1987 are not yet available.