IMMEDIATE
GR 450
CYPHER/CAT A
FM F C O 691430Z
RESTRICTED
RESTRICTED
АКК
HKK 184/!..
12 JAN:978
REGISTRY cron T ko
PAT
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR AND B CAR FE) TELNO 22 OF 9 JANUARY 1978,
AND TO ROUTINE WASHINGTON.
YOUR TELNO 20: UK/U S AIR SERVICES
1. DOT HAVE NOT RECEIVED FLYING TIGERS SCHEDULES.
2. WHERE THERE IS A CHANGE OF GAUGE ON A ROUTE AFFECTING KONG KONG, WHETHER THE CHANGE OCCURS IN HONG KONG OR ELSEWHERE, THE AIRCRAFT
MUST BE
A) BOTH SCHEDULED QUOTE IN COINCIDENCE WITH THE INBOUND OR OUTBOUND AIRCRAFT, UNQUOTE AND
(B) HAVE THE SAME FLIGHT NUMBER. (ANNEX 1 SECTION 5 NOTE 6 (B) OF BERMUDA 2).
3. AS DO T HAVE NOT SEEN SCHEDULES IT IS DIFFICULT TO COMMENT ON YOUR PARAGRAPH 2 B. BUT IF THE FLIGHT IS, OR COULD BE SAID TO BE, PART OF A RETURN JOURNEY A CHANGE OF FLIGHT NUMBERS WOULD BE REASONABLE. IF THIS IS CLEARLY NOT THE CASE THEN IT WOULD SEEM THAT
THE AIRLINE MAY NOT BE OPERATING AN AGREED SERVICE.
4. YOU SHOULD REMIND THE AIRLINE THAT THEY ARE CONSTRAINED BY THEIR U K PERMIT TO OPERATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BERMUDA 2, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE NOTES TO THE ROUTE SCHEDULE, AND THAT THEIR OPERATIONS DISCUSSED AT PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE APPEAR TO CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THEIR PERMIT. THESE SERVICES SHOULD CEASE FORTHWITH AND SHOULD NOT BE ADVERTISED OR HELD OUT IN A MANNER CONTRARY TO
THE TERMS OF THIS PERMIT.
RESTRICTED
15. AS
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