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IR travel was becoming an important factor in holiday travel, said Mr. ). Walker, when the North • Western tic Commissioners heard an applicator joint express services by W. C. Lderwick, Ltd., Blackpool, and Scout or Services, Ltd.. Preston. last week, ;lack pool.
he applicants wanted to operate veen Blackpool and Blackbushe air
additionally on Sundays during r. Many Blackpool residents booked Jsivc holidays to Jersey, which acted coach travel to Blackbushe, said Walker.
representative of Gaytours Travel ncy, which organized holidays to ay, said that they approached the .icants to provide coach transport to airport.
bjecting for Smith's Tours (Wigan), , Mr. H. Backhouse pointed out that tours were also agents for his clients and that by increasing facilities to Jersey they were diverting traffic from Smith's. Mr. R. Baldwin, Smith's manager, said that they had lost business because of aircoach inclusive holidays and if the application was granted they might suffer more abstraction. Mr. Backhouse said that Smith's had already lost traffic due to air competition and if this application was granted they would lose it by road, too.
The chairman, Mr. F. Williamson, reserved decision, but indicated that many factors of the application were in favour of a grant.