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FM HONG KONG 140407Z DEC 79
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1755 OF 14 DECEMBER
INFO CANBERRA
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YOUR TELNO 1025: HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA LOW FARES.
PA
CPA AND QANTAS HAVE FILED ICAP FARES PACKAGE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN 5 ASEAN CARRIERS, QANTAS AND CPA IN BANGKOK ON 19-23 NOVEMBER. CPA'S FILING TO CAA IS DATED 3 DECEMBER AND WAS DESPATCHED TO CAA BY SPEEDPOST ON 4 DECEMBER.
2. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES AN APOW FARE BUT THE ADD-ON FARES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM EXISTING QAA SECTOR FARES. THE NEW-ADD ON FARES ARE THOSE ORGINALLY PROPOSED ( BUT NOT IMPLEMENTED) AT THE ASEAN CARRIERS/QANTAS/CPA. MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR IN JUNE, PLUS A
5 PER CENT INCREASE. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE FILING.
3. RE PARA 2 TUR WE CONFIRM THAT CPA INTEND TO SERVE PERTH OVER DARWIN FROM EARLY MARCH. THE HKG-KUL-JKT-PER SERVICES WILL
BE WITHDRAWN ON OR ABOUT 12 MARCH.
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FILES MACD HR + GD SPD SCAD
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