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PRIORITY
YPHER CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 2310022
CONFIDENTIAL
TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 815 OF 30 JUNE 1978
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
HKK 184/1
RADIVAL
JIL 1978
DENK ORFICER
INDEX
دله
377
PA
Action Teken
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See [413
AIR FARES. FARES.
PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) RECENTLY GAVE NOTICE TO DCA OF THE IR
INTENTION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BUDGET FARES BETWEEN THE USA AND
HONG KONG AS FILED BY PAA BUT WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS. THE LETTER
MENTIONED THAT APPROVAL HAD BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE US CAB BUT DID
NOT SPECIFICALLY SEEK OUR APPROVAL.
E. YOU WILL KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT THE TRANS-PACIFIC BUDGET FARES
BUT CHA TAKE THE LINE THAT PAL DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS HKG/USA FROM THE
UK, AND THEREFORE THE QUOTE FILING UNQUOTE SHOULD BE REJECTED. CPA
DO NOT CONSIDER THAT ANY LEGITIMACY SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO PAL'S
CONSIDERABLE 6TH FREEDOM ACTIVITY IN THE HKG/HNL/SFO MARKET OVER
MNL, WHICH WOULD INEVITABLY BE THE RESULT IF THE FILING WERE
ACCEPTED.
3. THE GENERAL MATTER OF FILINGS OF 6TH FREEDOM FARES AND CARGO
RATES WAS RAISED WITH THE LATE GEORGE BONNEY (CAA) DURING A VISIT
TO LONDON BY ONE OF DCA'S STAFF LAST YEAR. THE ADVICE GIVEN WAS
THAT SUCH FILINGS WERE NOT REJECTED, SINCE THERE WAS NO WAY OF
STOPPING 6TH FREEDOM CARRIAGE. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF
THIS REMAINS THE CASE.
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