LINE OF SUGGESTED ORAL REPLY TO AUSTRALIAN DELEGATION
We recognise that there is a need for change in the air service
arrangements between Australia and UK/Europe, in particular for
the introduction of cheaper fares to benefit consumers.
2 We are grateful to the Australian Government for presenting
their proposals to us before any other Government. We find the
concept of end to end scheduled services, low fares and high
aircraft utilisation interesting and attractive. Inevitably,
such proposals raise certain points of practical difficulty.
These have been identified and discussed in the negotiations as
follows:
3
Frequency of service from Australian cities
Pooling arrangements
Fare structure
Freight
Concorde
New Zealand7
We both appreciate the need to obtain the acquiescence of certain
other Governments, notably Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India.
We understand that you intend to open negotiations with these
countries and hope that you will keep us in touch with progress.
Obviously we cannot commit ourselves definitely to the proposals
until we know the outcome. Subject to the success of the
negotiations with other countries and to satisfactory solution of
the practical points in paragraph 2, the UK is in broad agreement with the proposals and would cooperate with Australia in their
implementation.
No comments yet.
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