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TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) TEL NO 765 OF 6.10.78. INFO DELHI.
DELHI TEL NO 850: U K/INDIA AIR SERVICES.
Hkki84/1
RECEIVED STARY NO. 51
1078
DEAK OFFICES INDEX
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1. NAIK HAS REPLIED FAVOURABLY TO STANDEN AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS.
DEAR MR STANDEN
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PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LETTER OF 10 MARCH 1978 REGARDING CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS' PLANS TO OPERATE AIR SERVICES THROUGH BOMBAY. THE FIGURE OF 440 SEATS WAS SPECIFIED AFTER CONSIDERABLE DE- LIBERATION. PARAGRAPH (E) OF THE TRIPARTITE AIRLINES UNDERSTANDING IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE REFERENCE TO THE SERVICES THROUGH BOMBAY, BUT REFERS TO THE TOTAL CAPACITY PROVISION BETWEEN INDIA AND HONG KONG. THE MINIMUM OF THREE SERVICES PER WEEK WHICH CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS IS ENTITLED TO PROVIDE UNDER AIRLINES ARRANGEMENT IS NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH BOMBAY ALONE. THE C M U PROVIDES FOR CALCUTTA/ DELHI AND BOMBAY ASPOINTS IN INDIA FOR OPERATION BY C P A BETWEEN INDIA AND HONG KONG WITH AN OVERALL CAPACITY RESTRICTION OF 858 SEATS IN EACH DIRECTION WEEKLY, OF WHICH NOT MORE THAN 440 SEATS SHALL BE THROUGH BOMBAY.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, IN VIEW OF THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES MENTIONED BY YOU IN THE CONTEXT OF CPA'S PLANS TO OPERATE 3 B-707 SERVICES THROUGH BOMBAY, WE AGREE, AS A SPECIAL CASE, TO INCREASE THEIR ENTITLEMENTS FROM 440 TO 462 SEATS PER WEEK.
WITH REGARDS,
YOURS SINCERELY
(R P NAIK)
ENDS.
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