TNAG-0780-FCO40-984-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 126

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2 6 JUL 1978

TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.921 OF 5

INFO IMMEDIATE D.O.T (FOR ROGERS

PRIORITY PEKING.

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NON-SCHEDULED FLIGHTS.

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1. NEWBIGGING (JARDINES) HAS GIVEN THE DCA AN ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCUSSION WITH CAAC IN PEKING. HE CONFIRMED THAT CAAC ARE VERY KEEN TO OPERATE SO-CALLED SCHEDULED CHARTER FLIGHTS BETWEEN CANTON AND HONG KONG, PREFERABLY IN OCTOBER FOR THE TRADE FAIR. HE SAID CAAC WOULD LIKE TO OPERATE ON THIS BASIS IN ORDER NOT TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH OR PREJUDICE THE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT.

2. CAAC OFFICIALS EXPRESSED SOME CONCERN ABOUT PARKING ADJACENT TO CAL AIRCRAFT BUT HOPED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE A BARRIER TO THE ENVISAGED FLIGHTS. A MEASURE OF THEIR EARNESTNESS CAN PERHAPS BE GAUGED BY A TOAST MADE BY THE CAAC CHIEF EXECUTIVE AT A BANQUET: TO THE STARTING OF OUR AIR SERVICE IN OCTOBER''

3. WITH REGARD TO A RECIPROCAL SERVICE BY A BRITISH CARRIER, CAAC MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT AT PRESENT CPA WOULD NOT BE A CONTENDER AS FAR AS THEY WERE CONCERNED AS THEY ARE SO HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH TAIWAN, OTHERWISE, THEY DID NOT GO INTO DETAIL AS TO WHETHER THE ENVISAGED FLIGHTS COULD OR SHOULD ONLY BE

OPERATED BY CAAC.

4. IN ADDITION, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE GROUND HANDLING AGREEMENT

AT KAI TAK BETWEEN JARDINES AND CAAC RESULTED IN THIS BEING EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.

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