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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 215 OF 23 FEBRUARY 1978
INFO PRIORITY TOKYO.
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FOLLOWING VARIOUS RUMOURS, IT WAS CONFIRMED IN THE RECENT CPA/JAL
POOL MEETING THAT JAA HAD APPLIED TO THE JCAB FOR APPROVAL TO
REMAIN AT HANEDA AFTER THE OPENING OF NARITA.
2. CPA OPERATE CONSIDERABLE CAPACITY ON THE SECTOR TYO/TPE AND
THE JAA REQUEST IF APPROVED WOULD HAVE A VERY DETRIMENTAL EFFECT
ON CPA REVENUE BETWEEN TYO AND TPE, CPA ESTIMATE THE LOSS OF REVENUE CAUSED BY CAL AND JAA OPERATING HANEDA/TAIPEI VV TO BE
US DOLLARS 9.55 MILLION PA.
3. THERE SEEMS EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT THE JCAB WILL ALLOW JAA
TO REMAIN AT HANEDA, GIVEN THE JAPANESE AGILITY AT TURNING ENVIRONMENTAL, POLITICAL AND CAPACITY PROBLEMS TO THE DISADVANTAGE
OF FOREIGN AIRLINES, NOT ONLY FOR COMPETITIVE REASONS WITH CAL, BUT ALSO BECAUSE JAA WOULD ONLY USE HANEDA FOR TYO/TPE VV SERVICES
WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CPA/JAL POOL ARRANGEMENTS. POOLED
JAA SERVICES TO HKG OPERATE OUT OF OSA. FURTHERMORE, JAA HANDLE
CAL AND IF JAA OPERATED OUT OF NARITA WHILST CAL OPERATED OUT OF
HANEDA, JAA WOULD HAVE TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF WHICH THEY ARE
OBVIOUSLY RELUCTANT TO DO.
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