GRS 295 IMMEDIATE
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FM NG KONG 1264477
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 901 OF
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LAIMON
DOT TELNO ALLOT 119 TO HONG KONG.
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WHILST WE WOULD NOT WISH TO COMMENT UPON YOUR OBJECTIONS WITH
REGARD TO THE CREATION OF THESE FARES EX LONDON NOR DO WE WISH IN ANY WAY TO INFLUENCE YOUR DECISIONS IN THAT REGARD, WE WOULD PUT
THE FOLLOWING POINTS WITH RESPECT TO THE FARES EX HONG KONG:
A. THE RATES ARE ATTRACTIVELY LOW AND WITHIN THE SPENDING POWER
-OF MANY OF OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
B. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH STAND-BY AND APEX FARES ARE QUITE
ONEROUS AND MUST THEREFORE APPEAL ONLY TO A GEGMENT OF THE PUBLIC
WITH SUBSTANTIAL TIME AVAILABLE.·
C. FOR THE REASONS GIVEN AT (B) WE WOULD NOT EXPECT TO GAIN ANY
SIGNIFICANT DILUTION OF TRAFFIC, E.G. BUSINESS TRAVELLERS USING
THIS FACILITY.
D. WE DO NOT SEE A LIKELIHOOD OF ANY VALID INFORMATION BEING
DERIVED FROM THE RATHER UNIQUE NORTH ATLANTIC ROUTES WHICH COULD
BE APPLICABLE TO THIS FARE CONCEPT WITH REGARD TO ANY ROUTES OF
INTEREST TO EITHER OURSELVES OR THE UK EX HONG KONG.
E. CLEARLY THIS IS A SPECIAL AND VERY LIMITED FARE AND WE WOULD
HAVE EXPECTED AN ELEMENT OF UNDERCUTTING FARES ON DIRECT
SERVICES ON THE INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS BUT WE SEE NO POSSIBILITY OF
THIS AFFECTING SUCH TRAFFIC.
2. WE NOTE THAT YOU WISH TO EXPRESS DISAPPROVAL WITH SUCH FARES IN
RESPECT TO LONDON. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING, WE WONDER
IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO APPROVE THE FILING WITH RESPECT TO
HONG KONG, IF NECESSARY, FOR A TRIAL PERIOD, SO THAT THE TRAVELLS PUBLIC MAY GAIN SOME BENEFIT FROM ITS APPLICATION, AND WE CAN SEE WHAT EFFECT, IF ANY, THE APPLICATION OF SUCH FARES WOULD HAVE · ON ROUTES OF INTEREST TO HONG KONG AND UK.
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