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TELEGRAM NUMBER 74 OF 27 JANUARY
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INFO IMMEDIATE (ALL DESKSYS 2702002) SINGAPOR MA
MANILA
BANGKOK JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND
ECARFE)
INFO ROUTINE WELLINGTON
.MIPT: UK/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES
FOLLOWING IS TEXT.
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CIVIL AVIATION DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN AUSTRALIAN AND BRITISH OFFICIALS
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT
OF
FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL INTRODUCTION OF LOWER FARES ON THE ROUTE
BETWEEN EUSTRALIA AND THE UK, DELEGATIONS FROM THE TWO COUNTRIES MET IN CANBERRA THIS WEEK TO CARRY ASTEP FURTHER THEIR EXAMINATION
OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS AS THEY AFFECT BOTH
THE KANGAROO ROUTE AND THE ROUTES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND HONG KONG
STOPOVERS
· THE DELEGATIONS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME GIVING FURTHER EXAMINATION TO POSSIBLE WAYS OF MEETING THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE ASEAN
COUNTRIES THAT THE NEW FARES ARRANGEMENTS ON THE KANGAROO ROUTE
MAY HAVE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THEIR TOURISM. THEY WISHED TO ENABLE
THOSE PASSENGERS WHO DESIRE TO MAKE AN INTERMEDIATE STOP IN
ASIA TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DO SO AT REASONABLE COST, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME TO AVOID UNDERMINING THE VERY FINELY BALANCED ECONOMIES
OF THE NEW APEX FARES.
IN THE LIGHT OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS THEY DEVELOPED VARIOUS IDEAS
REGARDING POSSIBLE STOPOVER FARES WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE INTRO- DUCTION OF LOWER FARES BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE ASIAM REGION, WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM. THE AIRLINES OF THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CARRY STOP- OVER TRAFFIC. THE DELEGATIONS HOPED THAT THESE IDEAS WOULD SERVE
AS A BASIS FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE GOVERNMENTS CONCERNED.
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