Gulf service.
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But he thought it unlikely that
this could be an issue in any trade-off for
Concorde over-flying rights.
4.
Mr. Stainton referred to the difficulties
which the introduction of a 200 mile limit by
the Law of the Sea Conference would have for
Concorde in South East Asia, as it would make
overflying of the Philippine sea unavoidable.
The Governor asked what was the target date for the
Concorde route from London to Australia.
Mr.
Stainton said that at present there were not
sufficient flights to enable training of pilots to
be rapidly achieved.
probably be the end of
As a result, it would
1978 before the flights began.
He said that the Concorde flights to Washington were
going very well but that it was important to get
the New York route going because this would give
high frequency and, apart from revenue, would
expedite pilot training.
5.
The Governor said that travellers from Hong
Kong were well pleased with the "Executive Cabin"
scheme which British Airways had introduced but there
were still many complaints about delays. Mr.
Stainton said that he agreed that there were delays
and during the latter half of June and the first
half of July, because of the shut-down on Canadian
air space, US air routes had become congested and
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