Prestwick air-bus service granted
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application by Ellis Air Services, Ltd., in Glasgow last week to run a twice-weekly service of chartered buses between the Grand Hotel, Glasgow, and Prestwick Airport from May to September, was objected to by British Railways and the Western S.M.T. Co., Ltd.
Only passengers travelling by their chartered aircraft would be carried, stated Mr. 1, B. M. Hogg, Scottish representative of the applicant company. After Mr. R. Farrell had asked the applicant if he did not know that the Western S.M.T. carried passengers to and from Prestwick for most 'of the leading air companies, Mr. Hogg answered that he knew this. He had found that planes were frequently .arriving several hours early and sometimes hours late, so that if the regular bus service were used it might mean abstracting buses from the main route for hours on end.
Mr. Hogg also told Mr. D. Brown of B.R. that there was no suitable transport provided by BR. • and Western S.M.T. between the Grand Hotel, Glasgow, and Prestwick Airport.
Need for Licence?
Asked by Mr. W. F. Quin, chairman of the Scottish Traffic Commissioners, whether, if he went by car to the airport, he would still have to pay a separate charge of 10s., Mr. Hogg said " Yes." If this was the case said Mr. Quin, did he not know that it was unnecessary to apply for a licence? Mr. J. Gallic, solicitor, said the applicant was a bit uncertain about his legal position and had decided to clear it up by making this application.
After a statement by Mr. Hogg that only air passengers and no friends or relatives would be carried, both B.R. and Western S.M.T. agreed to withdraw their objections. Mr. Quin, on this undertaking, granted the application.
B.1V1.A. REJECTS MEDICAL PLAN FOR P.S.V. DRIVERS
THE British Medical Association at its annual representative meeting in Belfast last Monday rejected a resolution from Cleveland and Middlesbrough that medical examinations for P.S.V. drivers' licences should be carried out by a doctor appointed by the Ministry of Transport.