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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG BCARFE TEL NO 105 OF 4-11-77
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43 YOUR TEL NO 57:
OSAKA AIRPORT
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1. JCAB CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO GIVE A DATE FOR. THE LIKELY INTRODUCTION OF WIDE-BODIED INTERNATIONAL SERVICES AT OSAKA. THEY ADMIT THAT THE DELAY IS CAUSED BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES' FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES PROMISED TO LOCAL RESIDENTS.
2. WHILE THIS IS OF CONSIDERABLE CONCERN TO CPA AND THE AMERICAN AIRLINES WE UNDERSTAND FROM ANDERSON THAT BA AND EUROPEAN AIRLINES. ARE LESS ANXIOUS ABOUT AN EARLY INTRODUCTION OF WIDE-BODIED AIR- CRAFT INTO OSAKA. THE ATTRACTION OF OSAVA IS FOR THEM RELATED TO THE OPENING OF NARITA (DATE NOT YET ANNOUNCED). THE DELAY AT CSA"A MAY THEREFORE BE COMMERCIALLY ATTRACTIVE TO THEM, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE WILLING TO SUPPORT OTHER AIRLINES' CALLS FOR AN EARLY INTROD- UCTION OF WIDE-BODIED SERVICES. ANDERSON THINKS THAT THE JCAB MAKE THE SAME LINK. HE DOES NOT EXPECT WIDE-BODIED INTERNA- TIONAL SERVICES AT OSAKA UNTIL INTO THE NEW YEAR.
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THE JCAB ARE AWARE OF OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE CONCERN OF CPA AT THE DELAY.
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