3
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GPS 77
CYPHER/CATA
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Hkk 184/1.
386
RE
5 JUL 1978
FM F C Q 04162OZ
CONFIDENTIAL
DEK OFFICIA INDEX
No
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE) TELNO 522 OF 4 JULY
INFO JOHANNESBURG.
YOUR TELNO 760: UK/SOUTH AFRICA AIR SERVICES,
1. CARRIERS HAVE INFORMED DOT THAT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF CAPACITY. THE LOAD FACTOR OF 80 PER CENT WHICH YOU QUOTE APPEARS TO RELATE ONLY TO THE JOHANNESBURG-SEYCHELLES LEG OF THE JOURNEY. CAPACITY WAS INCREASED IN 1977 WHEN SAA REPLACED A 707 WITH A 747SP. TO MEET PARTICULAR DEMANDS, SAA HAVE, WITH BA'S AGREEMENT, OCCASIONALLY USED THE LARGER 747B INSTEAD. IF CAPACITY WERE SHORT, THE CARRIERS WOULD TAKE STEPS TO INCREASE IT.
OWEN
FILES MAED
HK & GD
CSAD
MISS BROWN
MR MURRAY
MR MANSFIELD
/COPIES SENT TQ CAD/DOT/
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