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INFO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON.
SINGAPORE TELNO ALLOT 3: UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES.
YOU WILL BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT IN A LETTER TO DCA DATED
3 APRIL 1978, THE LOCAL SIA MANAGER NOTIFIED TRANS-PACIFIC SCHED-
ULES AS FOLLOWS:
1 NOVEMBER 1978 31 MARCH 1979: 3 X DC10 SIN/HKG/HNL/SFO V.V. 1 APRIL 1979 31 OCTOBER 1979: 4 X DC10 SIN/HKG/HNL/SFO V.V.
THE SCHEDULES THEREFORE TAKE UP ALL THE RIGHTS GAINED BY THE SINGAPOREANS FROM THE RECENT US/SINGAPORE NEGOTIATIONS.
2. IT IS ODD THAT THE AUTHORITIES IN SINGAPORE WERE SEEMINGLY
UNAWARE OF SIA'S TRANS-PACIFIC PLANS AFTER DETAILED APPLICATION, INCLUDING TIMINGS, HAD BEEN FILED WITH THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES. HAVING IN MIND THE ADVICE CONTAINED IN DTI TELNO ALLOT 2, DCA HAS MERELY ACKNOWLEDGED THE SIA LETTER BUT WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR GUIDANCE ON WHAT FORM A FULL REPLY SHOULD TAKE. IT IS MOST UNUSUAL FOR AN AIRLINE TO FILE A WINTER TIMETABLE THIS EARLY AND TO FILE A SUMMER TIMETABLE A YEAR IN ADVANCE IS WITHOUT PRECEDENT. THE SIA LETTER APPEARS DESIGNED TO FLUSH OUT OUR POSITION ON THE MATTER
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