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DEMAND SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY CPA AND QANTAS JOINTLY AND THE RESULTING CAPACITY REQUIREMENT DIVIDED MORE EQUALLY BETWEEN THE TWO CARRIERS? WE SHALL BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THIS.
8. MEANTIME, THERE IS NO REASON WHY CPA SHOULD NOT PROCEED TO ACCEPT BOOKINGS ON THEIR ADDITIONAL SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE (PARA 2 OF YOUR TEL NO 1277).
9. AS PART OF THEIR TOTAL RE-PLANNING BRITISH AIRWAYS INTEND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CALLS AT GULF POINTS ON THEIR SERVICES TO AND FROM HONG KONG, WHILE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CALLS IN THE GULF ON THE SERVICES TO AUSTRALASIA THUS MAINTAINING THEIR LONDON-GULF FREQUENCIES AT ABOUT THE PRESENT LEVEL. THE CHANGES, AS THEY AFFECT THE HONG KONG-GULF SECTOR, WOULD BE AS FOLLOWS (ALL FIGURES WEEKLY, WITH EFFECT FROM 1 APRIL 1978):
BAHRAIN
(INCREASE FROM 3 TO 4 EASTBOUND
(INCREASE FROM 1 TO 3 WESTBOUND
DUBAI
ONE SERVICE IN EACH DIRECTION (NONE AT PRESENT)
MUSCAT
(REDUCE FROM 2 TO 1 WEST BOUND
(
(MAINTAIN
1 EASTBOUND
10. THE OVERALL IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICES BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE GULF WHICH THIS WOULD PROVIDE WOULD, OF COURSE, BE EXTREMELY WELCOME. (PARA 5 OF YOUR TEL NO 1285). HOWEVER, WE SHALL NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF HOW MATTERS DEVELOP WITH THE GULF STATES, FOLLOWING OUR REFUSAL OF A GULF AIR ROUTE TO HONG KONG, IN DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO ALLOW BA TO INCREASE THEIR HONG KONG- GULF CAPACITY ON THE DATE AND TO THE EXTENT THEY AT PRESENT PLAN.
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