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9. HOWEVER ROGERS HAD GATHERED FROM JAL THAT CONSIDERATION WAS BEING GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING JAPAN ASIA AIRLINES (JAA) ALSO TO REMAIN AT HANEDA WHEN ALL THE OTHER INTERNATIONAL SERVICES WERE MOVED TO NARITA. HE THEREFORE REMINDED YAMAJI THAT, WHILE WE WERE PREPARED TO TREAT CAL AS A SPECIAL CASE, WE COULD NOT PUT JAA INTO THE SAME CATEGORY. YAMAJI SAID THAT HE WAS UNDER PRESSURE FROM WHAT HE TERMED AS 'THE POLITICIANS'' WHO ARGUED THAT JAA SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO STAY AT HANEDA IN ORDER TO MATCH CAL. IT WAS ALSO BEING SUGGESTED THAT THIS MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES CONCERNED IF JAA'S OPERATIONS WERE RESTRICTED TO THE TAIPEI/TOKYO SECTOR AND THEY CEASED TO OPERATE BEYOND TAIPEI. ROGERS REPLIED THAT THIS WOULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM SO FAR AS WE WERE CONCERNED SINCE THE TAIPEI/TOKYO SECTOR WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CPA. HE HOPED YAMAJI
HE HOPED YAMAJI WOULD THEREFORE BE ABLE TO RESIST THE PRESSURES TO LEAVE JAA AT HANEDA-AND THUS AVOID FRICTION BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UK OVER THIS ISSUE.
EXTRA SECTIONS ON SCHEDULED SERVICES.
18. ROGERS REFERRED TO THE DIFFICULTIES THAT BRITISH AIRWAYS HAD ENCOUNTERED IN OBTAINING APPROVAL FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF EXTRA SECTIONS ON THEIR SERVICES BETWEEN LONDON AND TOKYO THIS AUTUMN.
HE REMINDED YAMAJI THAT WE HAD BEEN EXTREMELY LIBERAL IN APPROVING EXTRA SECTIONS BY JAL ON BOTH THE TRUNK AND REGIONAL ROUTES. YAMAJI SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PARTICULAR CASE, DIFFICULTIES AROSE OVER EXTRA SECTIONS AS A RESULT OF THE LIMITATION ON FLIGHT MOVEMENTS (''SLOTS'') AT HANEDA. HOWEVER WHEN ROGERS POINTED OUT THAT THESE LIMITATIONS APPLIED EQUALLY TO EXTRA SECTIONS BY JAL, HE UNDER-TOOK TO DO HIS BEST TO ENSURE THAT BA DID NOT RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM IN
FUTURE.
JAPANESE FLIGHTS TO VIETNAM,
11. ROGERS SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE CONTINUING IMPASSE OVER THE REOPENING OF AMBER 1 FOR GENERAL AIRLINE USE, IT WAS UNLIKELY THAT APPROVAL WOULD BE GIVEN FOR THE OPERATION THROUGH THE HONG
KONG FIR OF THE CHARTER FLIGHTS TO VIETNAM FOR WHICH THE JCAB
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