Bee-Line wins licence after 12500 fight
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• Bee-Line Roadways Ltd.. Teesside. have won their appeal to the Department of the Environment against the refusal of the Northern Area Traffic Commissioners to allow them to carry tour holidaymakers from Teesside and Hartlepool to Luton AirporL. the application was heard about 15 months ago but was turned down by the Commissioners following opposition by United Automobile Services Ltd.. whose Hartlepool—London service passes within a short distance of Luton Airport.
United claimed that the proposed Bee-Line service would take some of its business. Mr Peter Walker, Environment Secretary. has now reversed the decision. Bee-Line Roadways expect to carry about 10.000 passengers annually on the service at a single fare of £2 and £4 return. The service will start on a limited basis this winter and full-scale next summer. The company spent £2.500 fighting the case.