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8 The European countries most affected are likely to

complain but the Australians will have to bear the brunt

of that. Some of them, notably the Dutch, whose airlines

have poached some of the UK/Australia traffic by linking

back to back services, will be excluded from legitimately

using the new UK-Australia low fare and on past experience

will mutter complaints about this. But we do not regard

that as serious.

the

9 If the Australian proposals are implemented,

weekly pattern of services between Australia and Europe

might be as set out below. Although the frequency of

services will be reduced, the number of passengers carried

may well increase as a result of cheaper air fares.

Qantas

European

Carrier

Total

Change on

present No

Amsterdam

not yet decided.

Athens

1

o

1

-3

Belgrade

1

1 (JAT)

2

-1

Frankfurt

3

3(Lufthansa) 6

London

8

8 (BA)

16

-4

7 7

Rome

2

2 (Alitalia) 4

-2