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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992

AIR TRANSPORT LICENSING AUTHORITY PUBLIC INQUIRY

AIR

HONG KONG LIMITED (AHK) SUBMITTED THREE APPLICATIONS ON AUGUST 20, 1990 TO OPERATE SCHEDULED ALL-CARGO SERVICES TO 80 CITIES WORLDWIDE (INCLUDING 17 POINTS WHICH AHK HAS ALREADY BEEN LICENSED ΤΟ SERVE). AHK'S APPLICATIONS, WHILE SUPPORTED BY 17 REPRESENTORS, WERE OPPOSED BY CATHY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED (CPA) AND HONG KONG DRAGON AIRLINES LIMITED (HDA).

IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF DESTINATIONS AND PARTIES INVOLVED, A TWO-PHASE PUBLIC INQUIRY WAS ADOPTED ΤΟ CONSIDER THE APPLICATIONS. PHASE I OF THE INQUIRY WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN MARCH 11 AND 14, 1991 TO CONSIDER THE GENERAL ABILITY OF AHK TO MOUNT THE EXTENSIVE SERVICES APPLIED FOR AND THE NEED FOR AN ALL-CARGO AIR SERVICE BASED IN HONG KONG.

FOLLOWING THE PHASE I INQUIRY, ATLA DECIDED THAT IT COULD NOT CONSIDER LICENSING AIR CARGO SERVICES TO SOME 20 DESTINATIONS WHICH AS AHK PROPOSED TO SERVE PARTLY BY TRUCKS AS WELL AS CARGO AIRCRAFT. FOR THE REMAINING DESTINATIONS, ATLA DECIDED THAT MORE DETAILED EVIDENCE SHOULD BE PRODUCED BY THE APPLICANT (AHK) AND THE OBJECTORS (CPA AND HDA } AT PHASE II OF THE INQUIRY, SO

THE THAT

PROPOSED DESTINATIONS CAN BE CONSIDERED ON A POINT-BY-POINT BASIS.

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PHASE II OF THE INQUIRY WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 25 AND 1992 WITH 29,

THE SAME PANEL MEMBERS WHO SAT IN PHASE I OF THE ΤΟ INQUIRY.

EVIDENCE AT THE INQUIRY, AHK DID NOT PUT FORTH FURTHER FACILITATE CONSIDERATION OF GRANTING LICENCES ΤΟ

POINTS. THEREFORE, ATLA HAS DECIDED THAT TOGETHER WITH 23 POINTS WHICH АНК PROPOSED TO SERVE BY LAND TRANSPORT, APPLICATION FOR SERVICES TO THESE 36 POINTS SHOULD BE REFUSED. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE AUTHORITY HAS DECIDED THAT LICENCES SHOULD BE GRANTED TO AHK FOR SERVICES TO 17 POINTS TO WHICH AHK IS ALREADY LICENSED AND TO 11 POINTS NOT OPPOSED BY CPA AND HDA DURING THE PHASE TI INQUIRY. IN RESPECT OF THE REMAINING 16 POINTS, ATLA, HAVING CONSIDERED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS

BY PREPARED

PARTIES CONCERNED AND ORAL HVIDENCE PRODUCED AT THE INQUIRY, HAS DECIDED THAT LICENCE FOR ONLY 3 POINTS WOULD BE GRANTED WHILE THE

NOT BE GRANT OF LICENCE TO THE REMAINING 13 POINTS COULD BECAUSE JUSTIFIED

THERE WAS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE OX DEMAND ADDITIONAL FREIGHT CAPACITY. LICENCES GRANTED ARE FOR FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM MARCH 1, 1992.

FOR

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NOW

COPIES OF ATLA'S FULL DECISION FOR PHASE II OF THE INQUIRY AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION NEWSROOM, SIXTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL.

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