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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TEL NO.536 OF 28 APRIL 78,
INFO PORT MORESBY, WELLINGTON, MANILA.
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MIPT: HKG/POM/AKL AIR SERVICES.
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1. DESPITE CPA'S CHANGE OF PLAN REGARDING SERVICES TO NEW ZEALAND, THEY WOULD NOT WISH TO DELAY THE INAUGURATION OF A ONCE-WEEKLY B707 SERVICE TO PORT MORESBY FROM NOVEMBER 1978.
2. A ONCE-.WEEKLY HKG/POM V.V. SERVICE INEVITABLY PRESENTS CREWING PROBLEMS SUCH AS LENGTHY LAY-OVERS IN PORT MORESBY OR COMPLICATED DEAD-HEADING. CPA THEREFORE PROPOSE TO OPERATE HKG/MNL/POM V.V. WITH TRAFFIC RIGHTS ON ALL SECTORS EXCEPT MNL/POM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR AIR SERVICES ARRANGEMENTS WITH BOTH THE PHILIPPINES AND PNG PROVIDE FOR THE PROPOSED
SERVICES.
3. IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE PHILIPPINES
AUTHORITIES AND WE HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE ARRANGED DURING BCARFE'S VISIT TO MANILA ON 23 MAY. SO FAR AS PNG IS CONCERNED, WE UNDERSTAND THAT NO FORMALITY IS REQUIRED OTHER THAN FOR CPA TO FILE A SCHEDULE WITH THE AUTHORITIES IN PORT MORESBY. THIS WOULD NEED TO BE DONE SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF BCARFE'S
VISIT TO MANILA.
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SWPD HK & GD
MR BURROWS MR MURRAY MR CORTAZZI
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