TNAG-0643-FCO40-791-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1977 — Page 222

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TO ROUTINE F.C.0 TELNO.1028 OF 14 OCTOBER,

INFO JAKARTA, DELHI (FOR ROGERS).

MY TELNO.869 OF 26 AUGUST: U.K/INDONESIA AIR SERVICES.

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1. WIWEKO (GIA) CALLED ON BLUCK (CPA) ON 4 OCTOBER AND SAID THAT GIA WISHED TO OPERATE A DAILY DC-10 SERVICE TO HONG KONG FROM 1 APRIL 1978, OF WHICH FOUR SERVICES WOULD OPERATE JKT/HKG V.V. AND THREE DPS/HKG V.V. OF COURSE THE DPS SERVICES WOULD ACTUALLY ORIGINATE IN JKT. IN ADDITION, AND BEARING IN MIND HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT CPA WISH TO FLY A TOTAL OF TEN SERVICES TO INDONESIA, HE SUGGESTED THAT GIA SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO MOUNT AN ADDITIONAL THREE DC-19S PER WEEK ON THE JKT/HKG V.V. ROUTE AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE.

2. BLUCK REPEATED THE CPA REQUIREMENTS: TO INCREASE TRISTAR FREQUENCIES HKG/JKT V.V. FROM FOUR A WEEK TO DAILY WITH FULL RIGHTS. HE EXPLAINED THAT THESE SERVICES WOULD OPERATE ON THE EXISTING ROUTE: HKG/SIN/JKT V.V. IN ADDITION, CPA WISHED TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THEIR THRICE WEEKLY B707 HKG/KUL/JKT/PER V.V. WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS AS AT PRESENT.

3. WIWEKO MAINTAINED THAT SIN/JKT WAS GIA'S BACKYARD AND IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THEIR POSITION WITH OTHER CARRIERS, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME RESTRICTION. HOWEVER, SINCE CPA WERE CARRYING HKG/JKT PASSENGERS ON THE SECTOR, WIWEKO THOUGHT A RESTRICTION FORMULA COULD BE DEVELOPED WHICH WOULD NOT IN ANY WAY BE ONEROUS. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT ANY AGREEMENT WHICH ALLOWED GIA A TOTAL OF TEN WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT INTO HONG KONG, WOULD NEED TO ALLOW CPA TEN WIDE-BODIED AIRCRAFT INTO JAKARTA. HOWEVER, HE SUGGESTED THAT AS CPA HAD NO PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT TO OPERATE TRISTARS ON THE PERTH ROUTE, THEY SHOULD BE WILLING TO WRITE IN A CLAUSE TO THE EFFECT THAT CPA WOULD CONTINUE TO OPERATE B707'S TO PERTH FOR SAY A MINIMUM OF THREE YEARS. WIWEKO SAID THAT WHILST THE CAPACITY AND/OR FREQUENCIES MAY LOOK SIMILAR, CPA WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE OPERATION OF FIFTH FREEDOM SECTORS A BENEFIT NOT SHARED BY GIA.

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