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TO ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1652 OF 23 NOVEMBER, 1979
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVT. OFFICE LONDON AND PEKING.
CAAC CHARTER OPERATIONS.
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1. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE EXTENT OF CAAC CHARTER
ACTIVITY AT HONG KONG, THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE REVENUE MOVEMEMENTS (1.E. EXCLUDING FERRY FLIGHTS) IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1979, WITH NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER FIGURES INCLUDING APPLICATIONS
SUBMITTED:
INCLUSIVE TOUR CHARTER
CARGO CHARTER
1979
HULY
8
AUGUST
8
SEPTEMBER
10
OCTOBER
21
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
24
17
5
21
1
38
35
NIL
(NKG)/HKG
2. ITC'S INCLUDE A 7-DAY HKG/HANGZHOU (HGH)/NANJING
TOUR DEPARTING EVERY SATURDAY FROM END OF JUNE TO END OF DECEMBER
AND A 10-DAY HKG/HGH/NKG/HKG TOUR DEPARTING EVERY 10 DAYS IN
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. FOUR KUNNING (MKG) TOURS
OPERATED WHILE FOUR GUANGZHOU TOURS OPERATED IN NOVEMBER.
CAAC HAVE APPLIED FOR PERMITS TO OPERATE A SERIES OF KMG 6-DAY TOURS FROM LATE DECEMBER TO EARLY JULY 1980, TOTALLING 39 TOURS. CAAC ALSO INDICATED THEIR WISH TO CONTINUE THE HKG/HGH/NKG/HKG
TOURS AFTER DECEMBER 1979.
3. CARGO CHARTERS IN JULY AND AUGUST WERE MAINLY FOR GRAPES AND MELONS WHILE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER CHARTERS HAVE BEEN MAINLY FOR CRABS FROM CHINA (38 FLIGHTS) AND MACHINERY INTO CHINA (24 FLIGHTS).
4. OUR DCA IS APPROVING CHARTER APPLICATIONS, ON A MONTH-BY-MONTH
BASIS.
CONFIDENMAL
15. SO FAR
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