"misleading'' the House of Assembly when he asked questions about Government's subsidy of the new TWA flight from St. Louis.

Mr. Dodwell told the House last week that he had heard from "very, very reliable sources'' that public money was involved and was tied to load factors on the flight.

He claimed TWA was thinking of pulling the flight because of the low take-up rate.

Mr. Allen said yesterday that he himself was the "reliable source'' and that he had already told the House on June 9 that $2,500 of public money was involved per flight to reimburse TWA for marketing.

He said Mr. Dodwell's demands during the motion to adjourn that Government admit if public money was involved was "blatantly and shamelessly misleading not only this honourable House, but the general public''.

"All we ask is that the Opposition spokesman for Tourism listen to and ingest the answers he has asked for.

"It is an affront to the intelligence of this House to continually ask for information which has already been given. The TWA flight has brought incremental business to Bermuda and additional tourism revenue and some flights have now topped the 50 percent load factor.'' TWA had introduced a $198 return fare if booked over the Internet and there had been a three-page colour spread in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

"This Government remains committed to supporting this new service, one of two new services the present Government has generated in just 18 months. Progress is being made and, I am happy to say, more is on the way.'' In the motion to adjourn Mr. Dodwell said the TWA flight suffered from having no local base and he said he called the 0800 number to be greeted by someone talking Spanish. The English operator he spoke to had no idea about the new route, said Mr. Dodwell.