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Thailand.
These applications are being considered and are
likely to be heard by ATLA in the second quarter of 1986.
Non-Scheduled Services (Charter Flights)
6.
Charter
flights fall
outside the bilateral ASAS;
approval themselves from the
ends of the route.
DAL
airlines seek the necessary
aeronautical authorities at both ends
have, since their inception, mounted occasional charter
flights mainly to Malaysia and Thailand. DCA Hong Kong
have n ow given permission for DAL to approach the
aeronautical authorities in a number of countries about
charter services (PRC, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines,
thailand and the Netherlands). Permission to operate a
regular series of charter services to London was refused by
DCA Hong Kong at the beginning of February on the grounds
that DAL had failed to show that there was a genuine demand
that could not be met by the existing scheduled carriers
(CPA, British Airways and British Caledonian). This is in
accord with the publicly stated Hong Kong policy. DAL have
n ow resubmitted a further, more detailed application for
charter services to
to the UK which is still being considered
HMG i is not able to intervene.
by DCA Hong Kong.
7.
to
Frequent attempts by DAL to operate charter services
the PRC have been largely thwarted by the slow response
of CAAC. The Ambassador in Peking has complained to the
MFA about this and Dr Wilson has also
raised the subject
So far only very limited
with the Chinese Ambassador.
operations to Xiamen have been approved by the Chinese.
UK/PRC Air Service Relations
8.
The
emergence of DAL as a fledgling airline in Hong
Kong
has also complicated Our bilateral air service
relations with the PRC. The Secretary of State may recall
raising the question of obtaining a fairer deal for CPA on
routes between Hong Kong and China with Wu Xueqian in June
1985.
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