Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government has provided to interested parties in respect of establishing a second commercial air link to the Falkland Islands.

We worked closely with The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and our Argentine counterparts to agree on an additional flight to the islands. UK and Argentine representatives delivered a joint letter to regional governments notifying them of this. The subsequent commercial process is being managed by the FIG and it would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing commercial process.